---
name: "qnetload"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qnetload"
version: "1.3.6-1+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qnetload"
---

# qnetload(1)

Graphically display network speed and usage

## NAME

qnetload - Graphically display network speed and usage

## SYNOPSIS

**qnetload**

## DESCRIPTION

**Graphically display network speed and usage.**

- **-i**, **--interface=***INTERFACE*

  Display network INTERFACE. For example: eth0, wlan0. If unsure, do not specify.

  When running the interface can be changed by clicking on it. Right-click on the interface to list the available interfaces.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help for commandline options.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Display version information.

- **--help-all**

  Display help including Qt-specific options.

## USING QNETLOAD

Some features on qnetload might not obvious:

- •

  Click on the interface to change it.

- •

  Right-click anywhere on qnetload to display a contextual menu with the list of interfaces, the IP and the version. The most common interfaces are in bold (ethX, wlanX, etc.).

- •

  There are two buttons: pause the accumulative counter of Downloaded and Uploaded data and reset the counter. To reset the counters, click twice.

- •

  Clicking in the graph will display how much data has been downloaded and uploaded since the position of the click and a projection for the next hour's usage.

- •

  Hover the mouse pointer over any of the numbers to display the meaning of the value.

## ORIGINAL IDEA FROM XNETLOAD

**qnetload** has the same look and feel as **xnetload**, which is no longer maintained. The *q* in the name is because **qnetload** is implemented using the Qt libraries.

## FILES

- *${HOME}/.config/qnetload/qnetload.conf*

  The last-used interface is saved here. This will be used the next time **qnetload** is executed.

- */proc/net/dev*

  This file, provided by the kernel, contains details of the network usage and is read by qnetload to provide the displayed data.

## BUG REPORTS

Bug tracker: \<https://github.com/cpina/qnetload/issues\>\
 Email: Carles Pina i Estany \<carles@pina.cat\>

## SEE ALSO

**ipmon**(1) [**ethstatus**(1)](/ethstatus/1.md) [**nload**(1)](/nload/1.md)

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks to R.F. Smith for xnetload: lots of inspiration from it.

Many thanks to Jen Thomas for testing qnetload and helping with the manual page and texts.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright © 2017-2023 Carles Pina i Estany \<carles@pina.cat\>. License: GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later.