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title: Install Net Activity Viewer on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Net Activity Viewer for on elementary OS -
  Graphical network connections viewer
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/netactview/elementary
---

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# Install Net Activity Viewer on **elementary OS**

# Net Activity Viewer (netactview)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/netactview/elementary#install)

#### Graphical network connections viewer

(unofficial package, software not maintained)

*Netactview* is a graphical network connections viewer for Linux, similar in functionality with Netstat. It includes features like process information, host name retrieval, automatic refresh, sorting, filtering and csv file save. It has a fully featured GTK 2 graphical interface.

**Features**

* Shows all udp, tcp, udp6 and tcp6 network connections in an automatically refreshed list.
* The presented information includes protocol names, addresses, ports and connection states along with host names and process information.
* The connections list can be sorted by any of its columns.
* The connections list can be filtered.
* Refresh rates ranging from 1/16 to 4 seconds, or no automatic refresh can be selected.
* Connections can be seen for 3 seconds after they are closed giving you the chance to spot connections that last very little time.
* The unestablished connections can be filtered out.
* Multiple connections list snapshots can be saved in a formatted text file or in a csv file.

Full install:

```
sudo snap install netactview
sudo snap connect netactview:gconf
sudo snap connect netactview:netlink-audit
sudo snap connect netactview:network-observe
sudo snap connect netactview:system-observe
sudo snap connect netactview:hostname-control
```

### Package name

* netactview

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### License

* GPL-2.0-only

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### Last updated

* 16 September 2025 - latest/stable
* 21 November 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [netactview.sourceforge.net](https://netactview.sourceforge.net/ "https://netactview.sourceforge.net/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/faveoled/netactview-snap/issues](https://github.com/faveoled/netactview-snap/issues "https://github.com/faveoled/netactview-snap/issues")

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Net Activity Viewer

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Net Activity Viewer

To install Net Activity Viewer, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install netactview
```

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