Cross-platform command line tool to display information about Network Interface Cards (NICs).
This program's output is easier to read compared to ipconfig, ip, or ifconfig.
nics: Display information about Network Interface Cards (NICs)
usage: nics [options]
-a show all details on ALL interfaces, includes DHCP info on Windows
-d show debug information
-i string
interface name
-v show program version
- Binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows are provided in the releases section.
- macOS and Linux:
brew tap jftuga/homebrew-tap; brew update; brew install jftuga/tap/nics
$ nics
+------+----------------+-------------------+------+--------------------------------+
| NAME | IP | MAC ADDRESS | MTU | FLAGS |
+------+----------------+-------------------+------+--------------------------------+
| en0 | 172.22.7.13/24 | be:f4:dd:cc:bb:aa | 1500 | up|broadcast|multicast|running |
+------+----------------+-------------------+------+--------------------------------+
+------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| NAME | DHCP SERVER | LEASE START | LEASE EXPIRATION | LEASE DURATION |
+------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| en0 | 172.22.7.1 | 03/22/2025 04:21:32 | 03/23/2025 04:21:32 | 1 day |
+------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
+------------+------------+------------+
| GATEWAY | DNS 1 | DNS 2 |
+------------+------------+------------+
| 172.22.7.1 | 172.22.7.2 | 172.22.7.3 |
+------------+------------+------------+
C:\GitHub\nics>nics
+----------+----------------+-------------------+------+------------------------+
| NAME | IPV4 | MAC ADDRESS | MTU | FLAGS |
+----------+----------------+-------------------+------+------------------------+
| Ethernet | 172.16.7.89/24 | 98:ff:aa:cb:24:a0 | 1500 | up|broadcast|multicast |
+----------+----------------+-------------------+------+------------------------+
+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| IP | DHCP SERVER | LEASE RENEWED | LEASE EXPIRES |
+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| 172.22.7.89 | 172.22.7.1 | 2025年03月22日 06:41:44 | 2025年03月22日 08:41:44 |
+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+
+------------+------------+------------+
| GATEWAY | DNS1 | DNS2 |
+------------+------------+------------+
| 172.22.7.1 | 172.16.7.2 | 172.16.7.3 |
+------------+------------+------------+
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ nics -a
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| NAME | IPV4 | IPV6 | MAC ADDRESS | MTU | FLAGS |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| lo | 127.0.0.1/8 | ::1/128 | | 65536 | up |
| | | | | | loopback |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| eth0 | 172.16.7.6/24 | fe80::51d3:4fc2:5a11:3abc/64 | b8:27:eb:b2:ea:11 | 1500 | up |
| | | | | | broadcast |
| | | | | | multicast |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| wlan0 | | | b8:27:eb:c4:4e:2a | 1500 | up |
| | | | | | broadcast |
| | | | | | multicast |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| docker0 | 172.17.0.1/16 | | 02:42:60:1b:aa:30 | 1500 | up |
| | | | | | broadcast |
| | | | | | multicast |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
+------------+-----------+-------+
| GATEWAY | DNS 1 | DNS 2 |
+------------+-----------+-------+
| 172.16.7.1 | 127.0.0.1 | |
+------------+-----------+-------+
jftuga@debian:~$ nics -a
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| NAME | IPV4 | IPV6 | MAC ADDRESS | MTU | FLAGS |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| lo | 127.0.0.1/8 | ::1/128 | | 65536 | up |
| | | | | | loopback |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| enp3s0 | 172.22.7.6/24 | fe80::51d3:4fc2:face:6b4c/64 | d4:b4:e7:aa:73:c2 | 1500 | up |
| | | | | | broadcast |
| | | | | | multicast |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
| docker0 | 172.17.0.1/16 | | 02:42:60:42:af:a3 | 1500 | up |
| | | | | | broadcast |
| | | | | | multicast |
+---------+---------------+------------------------------+-------------------+-------+-----------+
+------------+------------+------------+
| GATEWAY | DNS 1 | DNS 2 |
+------------+------------+------------+
| 172.22.7.1 | 172.22.7.2 | 172.22.7.3 |
+------------+------------+------------+