libflowmanager ☆

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Description:
Flow-based measurement tasks with packet-based inputs

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: networking c-plus-plus packet-analysis flow-tracking libtrace

Install: brew install libflowmanager

About:
Libflowmanager is a C++ library designed to manage and track network flows based on packet data. It provides a high-level API for developers to abstract the complexities of flow state management, including TCP stream reassembly and timeout handling. Its main value proposition is enabling efficient flow-based measurement and monitoring applications without needing to implement low-level packet processing logic.

Key Features:

Stateful TCP flow tracking and reassembly
Support for UDP and ICMP flow management
Configurable flow timeouts and expiry policies
IPv4 and IPv6 support
Decoupled from specific packet capture libraries

Use Cases:

Building custom network intrusion detection systems (NIDS)
Developing traffic measurement and accounting tools
Creating application-level protocol classifiers
Network forensics and anomaly detection

Alternatives:

nDPI – nDPI focuses on deep packet inspection for protocol identification, whereas Libflowmanager focuses on the state management of the flows themselves.
Bro/Zeek – Zeek is a full network analysis framework; Libflowmanager is a lightweight library intended to be embedded in other tools.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 11:14am		2	VERSION_BUMP	b1c27b9e