gping

Ping a host with graph

$ gping [example.com]

$ gping [example.com] [google.com] [cloudflare.com]

$ gping -i [0.5] [example.com]

$ gping --cmd "[curl -so /dev/null -w '%{time_total}' example.com]"

$ gping -b [100] [example.com]

$ gping --color [blue] [example.com]

$ gping -s [example.com]

$ gping --help

gping [options] host...

gping is a graphical ping tool that displays latency as a live updating graph in the terminal. Multiple hosts can be pinged simultaneously, each displayed with different colors for easy comparison.
The --cmd option executes arbitrary commands and graphs their numeric output, useful for graphing any time-series metric like response times or resource usage. Simple graphics mode (-s) uses basic characters for terminals lacking Unicode braille support.

-i, --interval seconds

Ping interval. Default: 0.2.

Number of data points in graph. Default: 300.

Interval for command execution graph.

Use dot character instead of braille.

Vertical margin above graph.

Horizontal margin beside graph.

Graph line color (repeatable).

Force IPv4.

Force IPv6.

Execute command and graph output as float.

Display help information.

Display version information.

red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, white, black

Requires ICMP permissions (may need root/sudo on Linux). Terminal must support 256 colors for best display. Some terminals may not render braille characters correctly.

gping was created by Ohri Tzipora (orf) and first released around 2020. Written in Rust, it was designed as a modern alternative to traditional ping with visual feedback. The project gained popularity for its intuitive display and multi-host comparison capability.

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