# schweikert/fping

High performance ping tool

Repository: https://github.com/schweikert/fping
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fping
Homepage: https://fping.org
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: network-monitoring, ping, c, network-discovery, linux, bsd-license, unix-command, macos, icmp, fping
Last push: 2026-08-23T07:48:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 31, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5381, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 245, "gap_med": 181.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1219, forks 260 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:01.678372+00:00)

## What it is
fping is a high-performance command-line tool that sends ICMP echo requests to any number of network hosts, pinging them in a round-robin fashion instead of one at a time. It is designed for use in scripts and monitoring setups, with easily parseable output and support for IPv4 and IPv6.

## Use cases
- ping many hosts at once from the command line
- check which hosts on a subnet are alive
- script network reachability checks with parseable output
- monitor host uptime statistics over time
- discover responsive devices on a network
- run ping sweeps inside rootless containers

## When to choose
- you need to ping dozens or thousands of hosts efficiently
- you want script-friendly output for network monitoring or SmokePing-style setups
- you need a battle-tested standard tool with IPv6 and unprivileged-mode support

## When to avoid
- you only need to ping a single host occasionally (plain ping suffices)
- you need TCP/UDP-based probes rather than ICMP echo
- you need a GUI or long-term dashboard rather than a CLI tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: networking, monitoring, cli
- domain: networking, monitoring
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: icmp, ping, network-discovery, network-monitoring, scripting, unix-command, command-line, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- schweikert/fping (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.678372+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:16:23.031638+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/schweikert/fping (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.678372+00:00, sha 8922690c2017)
  - homepage: https://fping.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:32.464509+00:00, sha 78f80d9159e9)
  - site_page: https://fping.org/fping.8.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:24:32.473817+00:00, sha e7bd585b4543)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.