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gping

Ping with a live graph in the terminal

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About gping

gping is a cross-platform command-line tool that plots ping latency for one or more hosts as a real-time graph in the terminal. It can also graph the execution time of arbitrary commands with its --cmd flag, supports custom colors and cloud region shorthands, and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

gping website preview

Homepage preview of gping

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gping: strengths & things to check

Strengths

  • Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
  • Covers ping, network, cli, monitoring — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
  • Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

  • Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
  • Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
  • It is one of 1288 tools in the Developer Tools category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

gping pricing

Pricing modelFree — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free accessYes — fully free
Current plan pricesListed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official sitegithub.com

gping key facts

gping FAQ

How much does gping cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (github.com).

What is gping used for?

Ping with a live graph in the terminal Its focus areas in the Developer Tools category: ping, network, cli, monitoring.

Where can I try gping?

On its official site, github.com — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

gping vs alternatives

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PricingFree — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areasping, network, cli, monitoringcontainers, monitoring, cli, dockermonitoring, system, python, climonitoring, probes, alerts, cli
Official sitegithub.comgithub.comnicolargo.github.iohyperjumptech.github.io
Directory statusListedListedListedListed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 1288 tools. Alongside gping, it includes rainfrog, podman-tui, Diffuse, xxdiff.

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Alternatives to gping

Tools in the same Developer Tools category that share focus areas with gping — worth comparing before you commit:

CDeveloper Tools

Top-like interface for container metrics

Freecontainersmonitoringclidocker
GDeveloper Tools

Cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python

Freemonitoringsystempythoncli
MDeveloper Tools

Synthetic monitoring with YAML configuration

Freemonitoringprobesalertscli
NDeveloper Tools

Network monitoring suite forked from Nagios

Freemonitoringnagiosalertsnetwork
NDeveloper Tools

Industry-standard infrastructure monitoring system

Freemonitoringinfrastructurealertsnetwork
NDeveloper Tools

Enterprise network and infrastructure monitoring system

Freemonitoringnetworksnmpalerts

More in Developer Tools

Comparing tools in the Developer Tools category? These related listings are worth a look: rainfrog — Lightweight database client for the terminal; podman-tui — Terminal user interface for Podman environments; Diffuse — Graphical tool for comparing and merging text files.

RDeveloper Tools

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PDeveloper Tools

Terminal user interface for Podman environments

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DDeveloper Tools

Graphical tool for comparing and merging text files

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XDeveloper Tools

Graphical file and directory comparator and merge tool

Freediffmerge-toolqtunix
MDeveloper Tools

Software distribution and building platform for Windows

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SDeveloper Tools

Interactive source code explorer for C, C++, Java and Python

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