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

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