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gping vs Echo: catalog facts
gping	Echo
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
A live graph makes latency spikes and loss obvious at a glance Graphs several hosts at once with custom colours for comparison	Graphical ping without the terminal Lightweight and single-purpose
Needs a terminal that supports the drawing it does; output is not pipeable Raw sockets may require elevated privileges on some systems	May need a system setting changed to allow pings Only does ping, no traceroute or port checks
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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