Alternatives to mtr

Combines traceroute and ping into one continuously updating report. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as mtr.

  • Trippy

    Combines traceroute and ping into one live interface showing loss and latency at every hop along a route.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Trippy gives a live per-hop view with ICMP, UDP and TCP tracing, GeoIP and AS lookups, and runs on Windows as well, under the Apache-2.0 licence.

  • WinMTR Redux

    Inspect network paths with the WinMTR Redux desktop tool.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    WinMTR Redux brings repeated path measurements with IPv6 support to a Windows desktop application, where mtr itself targets macOS and Linux from the command line.

  • PingPlotter

    Visualizes latency and packet loss hop-by-hop to find where a connection breaks down.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    PingPlotter adds a graphical hop-by-hop view and long-running timelines on Windows and macOS, but it is closed source and the free tier is limited.

Also worth comparing

These listings name mtr as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • gping

    Ping with a live graph, so you can see latency spikes and packet loss instead of reading a column of numbers.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    mtr combines traceroute and ping into a continuously updating per-hop report with a paste-friendly report mode, but it runs on macOS and Linux only.

  • iputils

    The Linux ping, tracepath, arping and related network utilities.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    mtr merges traceroute and ping into one continuously updating per-hop report and also runs on macOS, but needs elevated privileges for raw sockets.

  • NextTrace

    An open-source command-line traceroute tool that shows geolocation and ASN details for each hop.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    mtr shows per-hop loss and latency continuously with a report mode for tickets, but does not show geolocation or ASN data for each hop.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.