gping

Graphical ping with live terminal graph

TLDR

Ping a host with graph

$ gping [example.com]

Ping multiple hosts

$ gping [example.com] [google.com] [cloudflare.com]

Ping with custom interval

$ gping -i [0.5] [example.com]

Execute command and graph results

$ gping --cmd "[curl -so /dev/null -w '%{time_total}' example.com]"

Ping with custom buffer size

$ gping -b [100] [example.com]

Force IPv4

$ gping -4 [example.com]

Set graph color

$ gping --color [blue] [example.com]

Use simple graphics mode (for terminals without braille support)

$ gping -s [example.com]

gping is a graphical ping tool that displays latency as a live updating graph in the terminal. Multiple hosts can be pinged simultaneously, each displayed with different colors for easy comparison.The --cmd option executes arbitrary commands and graphs their numeric output, useful for graphing any time-series metric like response times or resource usage. Simple graphics mode (-s) uses basic characters for terminals lacking Unicode braille support.

PARAMETERS

-i, --interval seconds

Ping interval. Default: 0.2.

-b, --buffer size

Number of data points in graph. Default: 300.

-n, --watch-interval seconds

Interval for command execution graph.

-s, --simple-graphics

Use dot character instead of braille.

--vertical-margin lines

Vertical margin above graph.

--horizontal-margin cols

Horizontal margin beside graph.

-c, --color color

Graph line color (repeatable).

-4

Force IPv4.

-6

Force IPv6.

--cmd command

Execute command and graph output as float.

-h, --help

Display help information.

-V, --version

Display version information.

COLORS

red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, white, black

INSTALL

sudo apt install gping

sudo pacman -S gping

sudo apk add gping

sudo zypper install gping

brew install gping

nix profile install nixpkgs#gping

CAVEATS

Requires ICMP permissions (may need root/sudo on Linux). Terminal must support 256 colors for best display. Some terminals may not render braille characters correctly.

HISTORY

gping was created by orf and first released around 2020. Written in Rust, it was designed as a modern alternative to traditional ping with visual feedback. The project gained popularity for its intuitive display and multi-host comparison capability.