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Hurricane Electric BGP Toolkit vs BGPStream: catalog facts
Hurricane Electric BGP Toolkit	BGPStream
Free Free to use on the web.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause license.
Web	Command line
Many routing reports in one place, from prefixes to RPKI Looking glass and traceroute tools included	Works with live and historical BGP data Offers command-line, Python and C/C++ interfaces
Plain interface that assumes knowledge of BGP terms Web only	Focused on BGP routing data analysis
Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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