darkstat

# ./configure
# make

Once built, this is all it takes to get darkstat running:

# darkstat -i eth0

Although it's possible to configure / complicate things further, once out of the box, darkstat will just work without much trouble on your part.

# man darkstat

darkstat should build and run on any modern UNIX system that has libpcap. It has been reported to build on:

• AIX
• FreeBSD
• Linux (Archlinux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu)
• Mac OS X
• NetBSD
• OpenBSD
• Solaris

There is an unofficial Windows port of darkstat.

On my FreeBSD router, ppp takes an order of magnitude more CPU time than darkstat. If your system can keep up with PPPoE, you should have no trouble running darkstat.

• darkstat on freshmeat.net
• darkstat in FreeBSD ports
• darkstat in OpenBSD ports
• darkstat in pkgsrc
• darkstat in Gentoo Portage
  • ebuild from git thanks to Sebastian Schuberth
• darkstat packages for [open]SUSE
• darkstat packages for Debian (PTS)
• darkstat packages for OpenWRT
• darkstat in SlackBuilds, for Slackware

• darkstat Plasma applet for KDE

Some router / firewall / security oriented UNIX distributions package darkstat:

• pfSense (based on FreeBSD)
• redWall Firewall (a bootable CD firewall)

If you package darkstat, please contact me; I'd like to hear about it. If you would like to help with the Release Engineering process for future versions, please contact me.

Some links regarding the previous branch (v2.x):

• cor's darkstat package for OS X
• LinuxFormat review of darkstat (thanks to cor for the scan!)
• Linuxfocus review of darkstat

Similar tools:

• ntop
• vnstat

$ git clone http://dmr.ath.cx/git/darkstat

I try to be well-behaved about releng, but I will rebase master with wild abandon.