Free SmokePing Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to SmokePing for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Linux alternative is mtr, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SmokePing and 14 are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to SmokePing are iPerf3, Ping Monitor, Trippy and Pingnoo.

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  1. mtr icon

    mtr

     23 likes

    mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

    37 mtr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. iPerf3 icon

    iPerf3

     22 likes

    The iperf series of tools perform active measurements to determine the maximum achievable bandwidth on IP networks. It supports tuning of various parameters related to timing, protocols, and buffers. For each test it reports the measured throughput, loss, and other parameters.

    28 iPerf3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Wine
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
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    iperf measures bandwidth between a pair of hosts, and smokeping measures latency between potentially many hosts

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • iPerf3 is Free and Open SourceSmokePing is also Free and Open Source
  4. Ping Monitor icon

    Ping Monitor

     1 like

    This is a simple ping application that displays real-time ping times to a specified host using a Deno backend, a WebSocket connection, and a WebView frontend with a Chart.js graph.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Trippy

     2 likes

    Trippy combines the functionality of traceroute and ping and is designed to assist with the analysis of networking issues.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    Visualize GeoIp on a world map
     
  6. Pingnoo icon

    Pingnoo

     4 likes

    Pingnoo is an open-source Windows, macOS and Linux visual trace route analyser.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Fping (open source)

     3 likes

    fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar to ping, but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Flent

     1 like

    The FLExible Network Tester.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. N

    nuttcp

     1 like

    nuttcp is a network performance measurement tool intended for use by network and system managers. Its most basic usage is to determine the raw TCP (or UDP) network layer throughput by transferring memory buffers from a source system across an interconnecting network to a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Solaris
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  11. N

    netperf

     1 like

    Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to measure the performance of many different types of networking. It provides tests for both unidirectional throughput, and end-to-end latency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Solaris
    • IBM AIX
    • HP-UX
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  12. Vaping icon

    Vaping

     1 like

    Vaping is a healthy alternative to smokeping!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  13. OpenSpeedTest-Server icon

    OpenSpeedTest-Server

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    Launch a Network Speed Test Server. Without using any commands, test and fix your local network before pointing fingers towards your ISP for slow and sluggish Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
    OpenSpeedTest-Server V2.1
     
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    Ethr

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    Ethr is a Comprehensive Network Measurement Tool for TCP, UDP & ICMP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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