mtr

Install command:
brew install mtr

'traceroute' and 'ping' in a single tool

https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/

License: GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.0-only

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/mtr.json

Formula code: mtr.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
macOS on
Intel
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.96
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

jansson 2.15.1 C library for encoding, decoding, and manipulating JSON

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
automake 1.20 Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Binaries: mtr, mtr-packet

mtr requires root privileges so you will need to run `sudo mtr`.
You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days20,362
Downloads929,522
Analytics install events (30 days)1,893
Downloads / install events (30 days)10.8×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs1,8855,23029,525
Installs (--HEAD)82168
Installs on Request1,8685,21029,413
Installs on Request (--HEAD)82168
Build Errors0