Alternatives to fping
A command-line ping tool that sends ICMP echo probes to many hosts at once. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
fping
A command-line ping tool that sends ICMP echo probes to many hosts at once.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as fping.
iputils
The Linux ping, tracepath, arping and related network utilities.
iputils provides the standard Linux ping and related utilities, which probe one host at a time instead of many in parallel and run only on Linux.
gping
Ping with a live graph, so you can see latency spikes and packet loss instead of reading a column of numbers.
gping is MIT-licensed, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and graphs latency for several hosts live, but its output cannot be piped into scripts.
Angry IP Scanner
A fast, friendly IP and port scanner that needs no installation and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Angry IP Scanner adds a graphical interface on Windows, macOS and Linux for sweeping address ranges, and needs a Java runtime for the bare jar.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
mtr
Combines traceroute and ping into one continuously updating report.
Trippy
Combines traceroute and ping into one live interface showing loss and latency at every hop along a route.
hping3
Packet crafting tool for TCP/IP testing and probing.
Globalping
A free service for running ping, traceroute, DNS, MTR and HTTP tests from probes worldwide.
Blackbox Exporter
A Prometheus exporter that probes endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP and gRPC.
arp-scan
Command-line tool that discovers and fingerprints hosts on a local network using ARP.
