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gping vs fping: catalog facts
gpingfping
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free and open source.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line macOS, Linux, Command line
  • A live graph makes latency spikes and loss obvious at a glance
  • Graphs several hosts at once with custom colours for comparison
  • Pings many hosts in parallel quickly
  • Long-established and widely used
  • Needs a terminal that supports the drawing it does; output is not pipeable
  • Raw sockets may require elevated privileges on some systems
  • Command-line only
  • Limited to ICMP reachability checks
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License not stated
No account needed No account needed
Needs internet Works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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