SMRTR ProgrammingJun 9, 2025Hacker News

Somo – a human friendly alternative to netstat

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Socket Monitor (somo) is a user-friendly Linux tool for monitoring network connections and ports. It offers a visually appealing table view, filtering options, and interactive process killing. Somo simplifies socket monitoring compared to traditional netstat commands.

The tool can be installed via Debian package or crates.io. It features filtering by protocol, port, IP, program, and connection status. Users can also kill processes interactively after inspecting connections.

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