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network monitoring and diagnostics tools

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

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Network monitoring and diagnostics tools track traffic flows, discover connected devices, and troubleshoot connectivity issues across local networks and internet infrastructure. They are built for network engineers, sysadmins, and developers who need granular visibility into latency, packets, routing, and bandwidth utilization. Unlike broad application performance monitoring or general IT observability suites, these tools focus directly on low-level protocol behavior and real-time wire diagnostics.

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Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go HN 278 2026-01-23
I built a macOS tool for network engineers HN 243 2026-02-10
SQL-tap HN 233 2026-02-14
ESPectre HN 215 2025-11-17
Network Monitor HN 156 2025-11-24
Babyshark HN 151 2026-02-23
PeakHour 6 PH 91 2026-09-16
Aroma: Every TCP Proxy Is Detectable with RTT Fingerprinting HN 86 2025-12-25
nfsdiag HN 83 2026-05-02
axon-pulse-foss GITHUB 80 2026-09-18
PingStalker HN 77 2025-11-04
wloc GITHUB 75 2026-09-11
ip-optimizer GITHUB 64 2026-09-27
Snitch GITHUB 62 2026-10-01
DNS Benchmark Tool HN 59 2025-11-19
Fieldwatch GITHUB 53 2026-09-15
VyManager GITHUB 44 2026-10-13
ntlmscout GITHUB 42 2026-09-18
FilterTap GITHUB 38 2026-09-29
sping GITHUB 34 2026-09-30
Fengard GITHUB 34 2026-10-09
QTap DevTools HN 30 2026-01-21
A fast, dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C HN 29 2025-10-31
BGP Scout – BGP Network Browser HN 27 2026-01-16
A free Linux adaptation of NETworkManager by BornToBeRoot HN 26 2026-05-30
permafrost-coop-connection-diagnostics GITHUB 24 2026-10-10
Portview HN 21 2026-02-10
GeoTraceroute HN 21 2026-04-29
resolvr-dns-dashboard GITHUB 18 2026-09-16
CF-Pages-BestCF GITHUB 16 2026-09-25
DeepSearch HN 16 2025-12-22
WifiWatch GITHUB 15 2026-10-05
DDoS detection in 0.9s, tested against a 48 Gbps attack live HN 15 2026-04-26
opnsense-observatory GITHUB 14 2026-09-20
route-scope GITHUB 12 2026-10-07
awsegress GITHUB 12 2026-10-07
Cerberus HN 12 2025-12-20
Wireshark in a TUI HN 11 2026-08-25
htop for the airwaves — a live 802.11 RF dashboard in your terminal HN 10 2026-05-29
go-acs GITHUB 9 2026-09-28
BLEhound GITHUB 9 2026-09-22
DDoS detection in 500 lines of Python (MIT, no cloud, no account) HN 9 2026-05-26
cldap_ping GITHUB 9 2026-09-28
network-recon-toolkit GITHUB 8 2026-10-01
mikrotik-home-netflow-plus GITHUB 8 2026-09-30
plc-sweep GITHUB 8 2026-09-22
Open database tracking 77K public DNS servers every 10 minutes HN 7 2025-12-18
netprobe-ir GITHUB 7 2026-09-12
Qevoryx GITHUB 7 2026-09-12
A 100% Client-Side HAR Analyzer That Parses Logs in Seconds HN 6 2026-10-01