flow-tools ☆
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Description:
Collect, send, process, and generate NetFlow data reports
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.68.5.1@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 15, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Networking
Tags: netflow networking traffic-analysis monitoring security
Install: brew install flow-tools
About:
flow-tools is a suite of utilities for collecting, sending, processing, and generating reports from NetFlow data exported by network devices. It provides a robust framework for handling high volumes of flow records, enabling detailed network traffic analysis and monitoring. This tool is essential for network administrators to gain visibility into bandwidth usage and application performance.
Key Features:
  • NetFlow data collection and aggregation
  • High-performance processing of flow streams
  • Extensive reporting and analysis utilities
  • Support for various NetFlow versions
Use Cases:
  • Network traffic analysis and bandwidth monitoring
  • Security forensics by tracking communication patterns
  • Capacity planning based on historical traffic data
Alternatives:
  • nfdump – Modern alternative with similar capabilities, often used with ntopng for visualization.
  • ntopng – Provides real-time traffic analysis and a web-based GUI, focusing more on visualization.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:02pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 951095b6
Sep 13, 2025 6:46pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 2ae0e637
Sep 13, 2024 7:15am 0 VERSION_BUMP 22cc95cd
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