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Blackbox ExporterSmokePing
Free

Free and open source, part of the Prometheus project.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Linux, Self-hosted Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Probes over several protocols including ICMP and gRPC
  • Official Prometheus project with regular maintenance
  • Shows latency distribution and loss, not just an average
  • Probe types cover DNS, HTTP, SSH and more, not only ping
  • Needs Prometheus to collect and store results
  • No interface of its own beyond a basic status page
  • Perl application with a dated interface
  • Configuration is a text file
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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