vnStat PHP is a nice bandwidth monitoring tool with web interface based on vnStat console. vnStat PHP can show you visual graph and table of hourly, daily, and monthly bandwidth usage. It can monitor any network interface you use (WLAN, LAN, etc.). It doesn't need MySQL database to run, just Apache web server is enough. So it's good for desktop users and this article shows how to install it in some easy steps. vnStat PHP is a frontend by Bjorge Dijkstra, while vnStat is a program by Teemu Toivola, and both are free software under GPLv2.

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nload is a command line tool to measure network usage in real time. nload is a free software by Roland Riegel. nload is very lightweight but it has good interface similar to bwmonitor in Windows. This article tells some examples of nload for personal user need.