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PowerPingiputils
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the BSD and GPL licences.

Windows, Command line Linux, Command line
  • Customisable ICMP packets
  • Built-in scanning, packet capture and graphing
  • The canonical implementations of ping and friends on Linux
  • Maintained with proper IPv6 support and capability-based privileges
  • Windows only
  • No traceroute or IPv6 support yet
  • 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
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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