Pipe Viewer

Progress between pipes.

Profile updated 2026-10-16

Console’s review

Mar 23, 2023 · Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Insert into any pipe to provide a visual progress bar. Shows data transfer rate, time taken, percentage complete, and completion ETA. Supports multiple pipes to show progress between them all. Can optionally limit data transfer rate. Supports all major Unix-like OSs. Open source.

Tradeoffs

Latest release is Sep 2021, but it seems stable so that’s probably not an issue. Some reports of unreliability if backgrounded.

Is Pipe Viewer a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2023-03-23. Summary updated 2026-10-16.

Who it’s for

Developers working with Unix-like OSs and pipes should consider this tool for monitoring progress

Why consider it

It provides a visual progress bar and shows data transfer rate, time taken, percentage complete, and completion ETA

Keep in mind

It may have reliability issues when run in the background