NextTrace
An open-source command-line traceroute tool that shows geolocation and ASN details for each hop.
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About NextTrace
NextTrace is a visual route tracing tool for the command line. Like traceroute, it follows the path packets take to a destination, and for each hop it looks up where the address is located and which autonomous system it belongs to, so you can see which networks and countries a connection passes through.
The project is actively developed on GitHub, includes a fast-trace mode and support for the DN42 network, and suits network operators and anyone investigating slow or odd routes.
Strengths
- Shows geolocation and ASN for every hop
- Fast trace mode for quick checks
- Supports the DN42 network
- Actively maintained
Limitations
- Command line only
- Geolocation lookups rely on online IP data sources
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The NextTrace contributors
- Platforms
- Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Network operators who want a traceroute that shows which networks a route passes through
- Categories
- Network tools, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to NextTrace
Compare allSoftware that can replace NextTrace for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Trippy
Combines traceroute and ping into one live interface showing loss and latency at every hop along a route.
Trippy adds a live per-hop loss and latency view with GeoIP and AS lookups, and has packages for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows, under Apache-2.0.
mtr
Combines traceroute and ping into one continuously updating report.
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.
PingPlotter
Visualizes latency and packet loss hop-by-hop to find where a connection breaks down.
PingPlotter gives a graphical hop-by-hop timeline on Windows and macOS, but it is closed source freemium software with limits in the free tier.
WinMTR Redux
Inspect network paths with the WinMTR Redux desktop tool.
WinMTR Redux is a Windows desktop tool for repeated path measurements with IPv6 support, without the geolocation and ASN lookups NextTrace provides.
iputils
The Linux ping, tracepath, arping and related network utilities.
iputils provides the minimal Linux tracepath utility, which traces paths without ASN or geolocation details and runs only on Linux.
Similar software
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RIPE Atlas
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gping
Ping with a live graph, so you can see latency spikes and packet loss instead of reading a column of numbers.
Hurricane Electric BGP Toolkit
A web lookup for ASNs, prefixes, peers and internet routing data run by Hurricane Electric.
bgp.tools
A web tool for exploring BGP routing, ASNs, prefixes and peering, with paid network monitoring.
