Kilobat vs Netiquette
A Netiquette alternative for Mac.
Netiquette is a free, open-source viewer for the sockets each process has open, with addresses, ports, states, JSON and a CLI. Here is how Kilobat compares.
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat- Free forever
- Pro $19 once
- 14-day refunds
- macOS 14+
- Open-source CLI
Side by side
| Job | Netiquette | Kilobat |
|---|---|---|
| Sockets by process | ✓ | ✓ Dashboard and CLI |
| JSON and CLI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live traffic by app | — | ✓ Free |
| Destination rules | — | ✓ Pro |
Netiquette details are from Objective-See’s own documentation, as of October 2026; we haven’t benchmarked it. Corrections welcome at the support address.
Which should you choose?
Choose Netiquette if
- You want a free, focused socket viewer.
Choose Kilobat if
- You want to act on what you see: block an app or a destination.
Pricing
See Netiquette’s site for current pricing. Kilobat is free, with Pro for $19 once.
Get your network out of the dark.
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat