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gping vs iputils: catalog facts
gping	iputils
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the BSD and GPL licences.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	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	The canonical implementations of ping and friends on Linux Maintained with proper IPv6 support and capability-based privileges
Needs a terminal that supports the drawing it does; output is not pipeable Raw sockets may require elevated privileges on some systems	Linux only Individual tools are deliberately minimal
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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