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WhatRoute vs OpenTrace: catalog facts
WhatRoute	OpenTrace
Free Downloaded from the developer's site, which also has a donation page.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Traceroute with a geographic view of the route Ping, DNS and Whois in the same app	Visual display of traceroute hops Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
macOS only Geolocation depends on an external service	Focused on route tracing only Documentation is partly in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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