Top 13 Python network-monitoring Projects

maltrail

5 5,731 10.0 Python

Malicious traffic detection system

Project mention: Maltrail: Malicious traffic detection system | /r/selfhosted | 2023-07-05

I just wanted to tell you about Maltrail (https://github.com/stamparm/maltrail/).
IVRE

6 3,286 8.2 Python

Network recon framework. Build your own, self-hosted and fully-controlled alternatives to Shodan / ZoomEye / Censys and GreyNoise, run your Passive DNS service, collect and analyse network intelligence from your sensors, and much more! Uses Nmap, Masscan, Zeek, p0f, etc.
WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
nfstream

7 1,040 1.8 Python

NFStream: a Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework.
suzieq

2 743 6.9 Python

Using network observability to operate and design healthier networks
picosnitch

33 572 8.6 Python

Monitor Network Traffic Per Executable, Beautifully Visualized

Project mention: Linux runtime security agent powered by eBPF | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-19

Yep, and from my experience too (made a tool that monitors network traffic with eBPF [1]) in addition to those issues there is also a sizable latency hit.
[1] https://github.com/elesiuta/picosnitch
nsot

1 397 0.0 Python

Network Source of Truth is an open source IPAM and network inventory database
opensnitch

3 396 0.0 Python

OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux application firewall (by gustavo-iniguez-goya)
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
Networking-Guide

1 36 2.6 Python

A Networking Guide for getting started with basic/core network components such as wired and wireless network design, configuration, hardware, protocols, security, backup, recovery, and virtualization.
Network_traffic_analyzer

1 19 4.6 Python

A Python-based network traffic analyzer for PCAP files, providing insights into protocol distribution, IP communications, and potential port scanning activities.

Project mention: Introducing Network Traffic Analyzer: A Python-Based Tool to Uncover Network Insights and Security Vulnerabilities | /r/programming | 2023-05-03
Netapp-Touch

1 4 6.4 Python

A network testing tool based on a Single Board Computer, screen and using KIVY and python.

Project mention: Project: Network Applicance | /r/raspberry_pi | 2023-07-09
dupi-lambda

1 4 1.8 Python

DUPI Streaming AWS Flow Log Monitor
qasa

2 3 1.6 Python

Query your devices and systems for useful data (SNMP, HTTP etc), and send the results onwards... perhaps remote syslog server, OpenSearch, Splunk or even... It really doesn't care!
ktotu

1 0 3.2 Python

🕵️‍♀️ Identify devices in your network and monitor it against intruders

Project mention: Ask HN: How do you find contributors to open source projects? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-12

- ktotu - Identify devices in your network and monitor it against intruders https://github.com/jmaczan/ktotu [Python]

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2023-10-19.

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Index

What are some of the best open-source network-monitoring projects in Python? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	maltrail	5,731
2	IVRE	3,286
3	nfstream	1,040
4	suzieq	743
5	picosnitch	572
6	nsot	397
7	opensnitch	396
8	Networking-Guide	36
9	Network_traffic_analyzer	19
10	Netapp-Touch	4
11	dupi-lambda	4
12	qasa	3
13	ktotu	0