gping
A ping tool for the terminal that draws response times as a live graph.
- Stars
- 12.7k
- Forks
- 373
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Rust
- Last update
- 1 months ago
- Type
- CLI
What it is
gping is a command-line tool that works like ping but plots the response times as a live graph in your terminal. You can watch several hosts at once, and it can also graph how long a command takes to run using the --cmd flag. It is useful for seeing latency changes over time at a glance.
- Ping google.com and watch latency on a live graph
- Graph the execution time of a command such as curl google.com using --cmd
- Compare several hosts on one graph, each with its own colour
- Ping AWS regions using shorthands like aws:eu-west-1
Great for
- Engineers who want to watch network latency visually while troubleshooting
- People comparing response times across several hosts at once
- Users timing how long a repeated command takes to run
- Anyone on Windows, macOS or Linux who wants a terminal graph instead of plain ping output
Not ideal for
- People who only need a simple one-off ping result, since plain ping is already built in on most systems
- Users who need a graphical desktop app, because gping is terminal-only
- Anyone needing cloud-region pinging beyond AWS, since the README says only aws shorthands are currently supported
How to get it
- 1
Install with a package manager
Homebrew (macOS)
brew install gpingCargo (requires rustc 1.67.0 or greater)
cargo install gping - 2
Run it
- Install gping using one of the package manager commands listed in the README
- Run gping google.com to ping a host and see the graph
- Add more hosts, for example gping google.com 1.1.1.1, to compare them
- Try gping --cmd curl google.com to graph how long a command takes
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use -n or --watch-interval to change how often samples are taken, such as 0.5 seconds
- Use -b or --buffer to change how many seconds of history the graph shows (default 30)
- Use -c or --color with hex codes or named colours to tell multiple hosts apart
- Use -s or --simple-graphics if your terminal does not render braille characters well
- Use -4 or -6 to choose IPv4 or IPv6 resolution for ping targets
Downloads
Strengths
- Shows multiple hosts or commands on one graph, which plain ping does not
- Supports custom colours, including hex codes and named colours
- Works on Windows, macOS and Linux, and is available through many package managers
Trade-offs
- The README does not describe its features in detail beyond the options listed, so behaviour on edge cases is unclear
- Cloud shorthand support is limited to AWS according to the README
- Some install routes, such as Cargo, require a minimum Rust version of 1.67.0
How it compares
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gping (this) | 12.7k | CLI | beginner | 1 months ago | Engineers who want to watch network latency visually while troubleshooting |
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Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.