Alternatives to WinMTR Redux

Inspect network paths with the WinMTR Redux desktop tool. 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 WinMTR Redux.

  • Trippy

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Trippy is an Apache-2.0 terminal tool for Windows, macOS and Linux that adds UDP and TCP tracing plus GeoIP and autonomous system lookups for each hop.

  • PingPlotter

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

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    PingPlotter adds a long-running graphical timeline for catching intermittent problems on Windows and macOS, but it is closed source with a limited free tier.

  • mtr

    Combines traceroute and ping into one continuously updating report.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    mtr is the original GPL-2.0 traceroute and ping combination with a paste-friendly report mode, but it runs on macOS and Linux from the terminal rather than on Windows.

Also worth comparing

These listings name WinMTR Redux 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

    WinMTR Redux is an open-source Windows desktop tool for repeated path measurements with IPv6 support, instead of a cross-platform terminal graph.

  • NextTrace

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

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    WinMTR Redux is a Windows desktop tool for repeated path measurements with IPv6 support, without the geolocation and ASN lookups NextTrace provides.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.