bandwhich

name	bandwhich
description	Use this skill when the user wants to monitor network bandwidth utilization, see which processes are using network, or diagnose network usage by connection.

bandwhich Plugin

Terminal bandwidth utilization tool. Display network utilization by process, connection, and remote IP/hostname with real-time monitoring.

Commands

Network Monitoring

• bandwhich network monitor — Monitor network utilization in real-time

Utility

• bandwhich _ _ — Passthrough to bandwhich CLI

Usage Examples

• "Monitor network usage"
• "See process bandwidth"
• "Network utilization tool"
• "Bandwidth by connection"

Installation

brew install bandwhich

Or via Cargo:

cargo install bandwhich

May require root/admin privileges on some systems.

Examples

# Monitor all interfaces
bandwhich network monitor

# Monitor specific interface
bandwhich network monitor --interface eth0

# Raw output without TUI
bandwhich network monitor --raw

# With DNS resolution
bandwhich network monitor --dns

# Any bandwhich command with passthrough
bandwhich _ _ --raw --interface wlan0
bandwhich _ _ --dns --no-resolve

Key Features

• Processes - Per-process usage
• Connections - Per-connection usage
• Remote - Remote host tracking
• Real-time - Live monitoring
• Bandwidth - Up/down speeds
• TUI - Terminal UI
• Raw - Raw output mode
• DNS - DNS resolution
• Interfaces - Multi-interface
• Sorting - Sortable columns

Notes

• May require root for packet capture
• Shows per-process bandwidth
• Great for network debugging
• Works on Linux, macOS, Windows