ifpretty 0.2.0

Prettify and enrich ifconfig output: aligned tables, IP/MAC/scope annotations, OUI vendor lookup, live DNS/DHCP/route, and a 1h bandwidth graph.

ifpretty

Prettify and enrich ifconfig output — aligned tables, color, decoded flags, IP/MAC/scope annotations, OUI vendor lookup, live DNS/DHCP/route, and a 1‑hour bandwidth graph. Built on rich; macOS‑focused.

ifconfig | ifpretty

Install

pip install ifpretty

Usage

ifconfig | ifpretty            # boxed table per interface (default), borders aligned
ifconfig | ifpretty --records  # compact label/value record layout
ifconfig | ifpretty --table    # single wide table, all fields as columns (<=240)
ifconfig | ifpretty --live      # + route, traffic, friendly names, DNS, DHCP (macOS)
ifconfig | ifpretty --check     # + ping the default gateway for latency (macOS)
ifconfig | ifpretty --explain   # append a legend explaining the flags/options seen
ifconfig en0 | ifpretty

It reads raw ifconfig on stdin, so you stay in control of which interfaces to show.

What it adds

Always on (offline, deterministic):

• Per‑interface role (loopback / Ethernet·Wi‑Fi / VPN·tunnel / bridge / …).
• IP scope for every address — loopback / link‑local / ULA / private / global — plus IPv4 network + usable‑host count.
• MAC kind (universal vs locally‑administered), OUI vendor (bundled IEEE registry, no network), shared‑MAC notes (e.g. bridge members), and EUI‑64 detection.
• Media speed/duplex with a half‑duplex ⚠ warning; jumbo / sub‑1280 MTU notes.
• Decoded flag/option/nd6 bitfields; aligned IPv6 attribute columns.

--live (macOS, cross‑references the system):

• Default route + gateway, friendly hardware‑port names, per‑interface DNS and search domains, DHCP server + lease, traffic counters (bytes + packets) and error/collision counts.

--check: pings the default gateway and reports latency.

1‑hour bandwidth graph: schedule the recorder, then a Unicode sparkline of the last hour appears automatically:

# once, e.g. in crontab -e
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/ifpretty --record

1h in  ▁▁▁▂▄█▅▂▁▁▁▁   peak 10.0 Mbps
1h out ▁▂▂▄▆█▄▂▂▁▁▁   peak 533.3 Kbps

History is stored at ~/.cache/ifpretty/samples.csv (override with IFPRETTY_HISTORY).

Notes

• Colors auto‑disable when piped; force with CLICOLOR_FORCE=1, disable with NO_COLOR=1.
• --live / --check / --record use macOS tools (route, netstat, networksetup, scutil, ipconfig, ping) and no‑op elsewhere.

License

MIT