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24 alternatives to Netplot, plot network connections in the terminal

A tool for plotting processes accessing the network - fedeb95/netplot

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Netplot, plot network connections in the terminal launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Plot directly in your terminal with matplotlib▲160

   An awesome iTerm2 backend for Matplotlib, so you can plot directly in your terminal. - daleroberts/itermplot

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a macOS tool for network engineers – it's called NetViews▲243

   Hi HN — I’m the developer of NetViews, a macOS utility I built because I wanted better visibility into what was actually happening on my wired and wireless networks. I live in the CLI, but for discovery and ongoing monitoring, I kept bouncing between tools, terminals, and mental context switches. I wanted something faster and more visual, without losing technical depth — so I built a GUI that brings my favorite diagnostics together in one place. About three months ago, I shared an early version here and got a ton of great feedback. I listened: a new name (it was PingStalker), a longer trial,…

   Feb 2026 · netviews.app · its alternatives →

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   Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux▲156

   A real-time network connection monitoring tool built with Rust and GTK4, displaying active connections with live I/O statistics in a modern graphical interface. https://github.com/grigio/network-monitor

   Nov 2025 · its alternatives →

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   PlotNeurons▲88

   The most simple neural network plotter

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   GNUplot with sixel – Mix images, ANSI colors and plots▲110

   GNUplot with sixel support. Contribute to csdvrx/sixel-gnuplot development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Diagrams for Mac▲196

   A diagram editor for visualizing structures and processes

   2020 · diagrams.app · its alternatives →

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   Tplot – nicely plot metrics in terminal▲5

   Easy to use plotting tool for the terminal. Contribute to moshe/tplot development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   NetSour, CLI Based Wireshark▲59

   This code is still in early beta, but i sincerley hope it will become as ubiquitous as VIM on Linux.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   X11 desktop widget that shows location of your network peers on a map▲205

   connmap is an X11 desktop widget that shows location of your current network peers on a world map in real-time - cantrepro/connmap

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Autoplot▲97

    Unify data analysis and plotting in one powerful workspace

    Jul 2026 · autoplot.ai · its alternatives →

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    Plot▲148

    Collaborate with your design team in a new way

    2018 · plotapp.co · its alternatives →

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    Plot.ly▲74

    Analyze and visualize data, together.

    2014 · plotly.com · its alternatives →

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    Netler▲107

    Tiny network monitor for menu bar & notification center 🖥📡

    2018 · imagetasks.com · its alternatives →

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    pg_netstat, a Postgres extension to monitor database network traffic▲158

    pg_netstat is a Postgres extension to monitor database network traffic. It uses libpcap to capture packets and aggregates at user-specified interval.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pathway Designr▲67

    Visual tool for drawing and simulating reaction networks

    2016 · pathwaydesigner.org · its alternatives →

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    DataFart - easy command line graphing▲114

    2012 · datafart.com · its alternatives →

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    Monitor for displaying process traffic on Mac Status bar▲9

    1. The tool show network speed by process 2. Adapt dark mode 3. Use nettop's delta mode to make statistics more accurate

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Scikit-plot – One-line functions for data science visualization▲16

    An intuitive library to add plotting functionality to scikit-learn objects. - reiinakano/scikit-plot

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Graphix Link▲114

    A graph to visualize your business

    2023 · graphixlink.app · its alternatives →

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    Generate a graph of any data from your terminal▲22

    2019 · tailgraph.live · its alternatives →

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    User screenshare videos with WebRTC▲37

    2015 · plot.io · its alternatives →

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    Meet Macro Terminal▲102

    Claude Code for data analysis

    2025 · getmacro.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple tool for creating command-line bar charts▲86

    Make bar charts on the terminal. Contribute to TurkeyMcMac/barchart development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Leaves – A text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer▲93

    GUI disk analyzers are great for figuring out what's filling up your laptop/desktop drive. On containers or remote servers, the options are limited to purely text based utilities (e.g. du) or list-centric TUIs (e.g. ncdu) which are usually limited to viewing one directory at a time. I created leaves to fill that gap. Inspired by classic utilities like WinDirStat and KDirStat, it uses a 2-dimensional treemap^1 visualization to show the entire directory hierarchy with proportionally sized rectangles. It's performant enough to handle millions of files, thanks to Rust and multi-threading.…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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