traviscross/mtr
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Official repository for mtr, a network diagnostic tool observed · 2026-10-01
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5008
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 26
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3358 stars · 375 forks observed · 2026-10-01
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
mtr is a network diagnostic tool that combines traceroute and ping, probing each hop along the route to a destination and printing live latency and packet-loss statistics. It runs in a terminal (with optional GTK UI) and is written in C, distributed under GPL-2.0.
Use cases
- diagnose where packets are being dropped along a network path
- measure latency to each hop between my machine and a server
- combine traceroute and ping in one tool
- monitor network route quality over time
- troubleshoot intermittent connectivity to a host
- find which router hop is causing slow connections
When to choose
- you need continuous, per-hop latency and loss statistics rather than a one-shot traceroute
- you want a lightweight terminal tool that works on Linux, macOS, and Unix systems
- you are debugging routing or ISP-level network problems
When to avoid
- you need a GUI-first network analyzer with packet capture like Wireshark
- you are on Windows without WSL, since native Windows support is unavailable
- you need application-layer (HTTP/DNS) diagnostics rather than ICMP-level path analysis
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
networking monitoring developer-tools networking developer-tools cli cross-platform traceroute ping network-diagnostics icmp c command-line linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/traviscross/mtr · fetched 2026-10-01 · d38b71775036
- homepage: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 89b90a651834
- site_page: https://www.bitwizard.nl/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8d1879fcd50d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| traviscross/mtr | main | 75 |
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