Alternatives to iputils
The Linux ping, tracepath, arping and related network utilities. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
iputils
The Linux ping, tracepath, arping and related network utilities.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as iputils.
mtr
Combines traceroute and ping into one continuously updating report.
mtr merges traceroute and ping into one continuously updating per-hop report and also runs on macOS, but needs elevated privileges for raw sockets.
Trippy
Combines traceroute and ping into one live interface showing loss and latency at every hop along a route.
Trippy offers live per-hop loss and latency with ICMP, UDP and TCP tracing on Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows, instead of separate minimal tools.
gping
Ping with a live graph, so you can see latency spikes and packet loss instead of reading a column of numbers.
gping replaces ping's column of numbers with a live graph of several hosts on Windows, macOS and Linux, but its output is not pipeable.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
netcat
The original TCP and UDP swiss army knife.
hping3
Packet crafting tool for TCP/IP testing and probing.
tcpdump
The classic command-line packet capture and analysis tool.
WinMTR Redux
Inspect network paths with the WinMTR Redux desktop tool.
