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title: "Netiquette alternative for Mac: Kilobat vs Netiquette"
url: "https://kilobat.app/netiquette-alternative"
description: "Kilobat vs Netiquette: an honest comparison. Netiquette is a free, open-source viewer for the sockets each process has open, with addresses, ports,…"
---

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.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.9.0.dmg)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```

## 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](https://objective-see.org/products/netiquette.html), 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](https://objective-see.org/products/netiquette.html) for current pricing. Kilobat is free, with Pro for $19 once.

[See every comparison →](https://kilobat.app/alternatives)

## Get your network out of the dark.

[Download for Mac ↓](https://kilobat.app/downloads/Kilobat-1.9.0.dmg)

```
brew install seifip/kilobat/kilobat
```