rankmirrors

Rank a list of Pacman mirrors by connection and opening speed.

TLDR

Rank a mirror list

$ rankmirrors [/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist]

Output only a given number of the top ranking servers

$ rankmirrors -n [number] [/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist]

Be verbose when generating the mirrorlist

$ rankmirrors -v [/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist]

Output only the response times instead of a full mirrorlist

$ rankmirrors --times [/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist]

usage:
Version 4.19.5
USAGE:
pacman-mirrors [-h] [-f [NUMBER]] [-i [-d]] [-m METHOD] [--status]
[-c COUNTRY [COUNTRY...] | [--geoip] | [--continent]]
[-l] [-lc] [-q] [-t SECONDS] [-v] [-n]
[--api] [-S/-B BRANCH] [-p PREFIX]
[-P PROTO [PROTO...]] [-R] [-U URL]

METHODS:
  -i, --interactive     Generate custom mirrorlist
  -f, --fasttrack [NUMBER]
                        Generate mirrorlist with a number of up-to-date
                        mirrors. Overrides : --geoip, --method
  -c, --country COUNTRY [COUNTRY ...]
                        Comma separated list of countries, from which mirrors
                        will be used
  --geoip               Get current country using geolocation
  --continent           Use continent from geolocation

API:
  -a, --api             [-p PREFIX][-R][-S/-B|-G BRANCH][-P PROTO [PROTO ...]]
  -S, -B, --set-branch {stable,stable-staging,testing,unstable}
                        API: Replace branch in configuration
  -p, --prefix PREFIX   API: Set prefix to : $mnt | /mnt/install
  -P, --proto, --protocols {all,http,https,ftp,ftps} [{all,http,https,ftp,ftps} ...]
                        API: Replace protocols in configuration
  -R, --re-branch       API: Replace branch in mirrorlist
  -U, --url URL         API: Replace mirror url in mirrorlist

MISC:
  -G, --get-branch      Return branch from configuration
  -d, --default         INTERACTIVE: Load default mirror file
  -h, --help
  -l, --list, --country-list
                        List all available countries
  -lc, --country-config
                        lists configured mirror countries
  -m, --method {rank,random}
                        Generation method
  -n, --no-mirrorlist   Use to skip generation of mirrorlist
  -q, --quiet           Quiet mode - less verbose output
  -s, --no-status       Ignore mirror branch status
  -t, --timeout SECONDS
                        Maximum waiting time for server response
  -v, --version         Print the pacman-mirrors version
  --no-color
  --interval INTERVAL   Max. number of hours since last sync
  -g                    Create mirror list from active pool.
  --status              Status for the current mirror list.