# nxtrace/NTrace-core

NextTrace, an open source visual route tracking CLI tool

Repository: https://github.com/nxtrace/NTrace-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ntrace-core
Homepage: https://www.nxtrace.org
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: traceroute, api, as-path, asn-lookup, geoip, geolocation, ip-lookup, nexttrace, next-trace, network-analysis, utility
Last push: 2026-08-23T16:12:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1575, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 26.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8123, forks 490 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:13.734413+00:00)

## What it is
NextTrace is an open-source, lightweight visual route tracking CLI tool written in Go. It performs traceroute with enriched output including GeoIP, ASN, and AS-path information for each hop.

## Use cases
- trace the network route to a host with geolocation info
- look up ASN and AS path for each hop in a traceroute
- diagnose network routing issues from the command line
- visualize IP geolocation along a route
- check which carriers an international route passes through

## When to choose
- you need traceroute enriched with GeoIP and ASN data
- you want a lightweight, cross-platform CLI for network route analysis
- you need scriptable route tracing with API support

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based network diagnostics suite
- you need packet capture or deep protocol analysis like Wireshark
- you only need simple ping/latency checks

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, developer-tools, cli
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: traceroute, geoip, asn-lookup, route-tracking, network-diagnostics, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- nxtrace/NTrace-core (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.734413+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 2026-08-29T17:30:37.564982+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nxtrace/NTrace-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:13.734413+00:00, sha fa31cf2855a6)
  - homepage: https://www.nxtrace.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:28:34.070212+00:00, sha aff4153d02ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.