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Trippy vs OpenTrace: catalog facts
Trippy	OpenTrace
Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Shows loss and latency per hop, live, so you can locate where a problem starts ICMP, UDP and TCP tracing over IPv4 and IPv6	Visual display of traceroute hops Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
Needs elevated privileges for raw sockets by default Many routers deprioritise or drop ICMP, so intermediate hops can look worse than they are	Focused on route tracing only Documentation is partly in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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