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Activity Monitor vs vnStat

A side-by-side look at Activity Monitor and vnStat. 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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vnStat

vnStat

Network & Admin

vnStat is an open-source network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network interface statistics provided by the kernel to keep track of the monthly, daily and hourly bandwidth usage.

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