System & Network

Connections widget for Windows

A TCPView-style live view of what your machine is talking to, grouped by process so it is readable. New connections are highlighted as they appear, and you can be notified when a process starts phoning home for the first time. Include listening and local connections if you want the full picture.

Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required

Connections
38 connections · 9 processes · 2 new
14:32:07
chrome.exe(12)
🇺🇸 142.250.65.110:443TCPGoogle LLC
🇺🇸 142.250.72.196:443TCPGoogle LLC
🇺🇸 172.217.14.206:443TCPGoogle LLC
Discord.exe(6)
🇺🇸 162.159.128.233:443TCPCloudflare
🇺🇸 162.159.135.234:443UDPCloudflare
Code.exe(4)
🇮🇪 20.61.44.130:443TCPMicrosoft
Spotify.exe(3)
steam.exe(2)

The real Connections widget, running live. Drag it around.

What it’s for

What Connections is good for

The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.

See which process is responsible for unexpected network traffic

Spot a new outbound connection the moment it appears

Check which ports something is actually using

Settings

Every Connections setting

9 options, set per widget - so two copies of Connections on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.

Group by process

OnOff

Refresh seconds

351030

Include local

OnOff

Advanced

Include listening

OnOff

Show ports

OnOff

Max rows

2550100

Show geo

OnOff

Notify new processes

OnOff

Alert sound

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Setup

Getting Connections on your desktop

  1. 01

    Install

    Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.

  2. 02

    Add the widget

    Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.

  3. 03

    Make it yours

    Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.

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