# Welcome to ntop!

ntop shows the current network usage. It displays a list of hosts that are currently using the network and reports information concerning the IP (Internet Protocol) traffic generated by each host. The traffic is sorted according to host and protocol.

ntop's author strongly believes in open source software and encourages everyone to modify, improve and extend ntop in the interest of the whole Internet community according to the enclosed licence (see COPYING).

Problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, source code contributions, etc., should be sent to the mailing list.