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Trippy vs WhatRoute: catalog facts
Trippy	WhatRoute
Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.	Free Downloaded from the developer's site, which also has a donation page.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS
Shows loss and latency per hop, live, so you can locate where a problem starts ICMP, UDP and TCP tracing over IPv4 and IPv6	Traceroute with a geographic view of the route Ping, DNS and Whois in the same app
Needs elevated privileges for raw sockets by default Many routers deprioritise or drop ICMP, so intermediate hops can look worse than they are	macOS only Geolocation depends on an external service
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	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 October 2, 2026

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