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Activity Monitor vs IPtraf-ng

A side-by-side look at Activity Monitor and IPtraf-ng. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Activity Monitor

Activity Monitor

System & Hardware

Activity Monitor is a system monitoring and profiling utility that comes built-in with macOS. It allows users to monitor system resource usage and activity in real-time.

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IPtraf-ng

IPtraf-ng

Network & Admin

IPtraf-ng is an open-source command-line network monitoring utility for Linux. It gathers various types of information about network traffic including IP traffic, ICMP and TCP connections, and OSPF information.

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