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go-ping/ping

ICMP Ping library for Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/go-ping/ping · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3866
  • days_rel: 640
  • days_push: 640
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1422 stars · 343 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

go-ping is an ICMP echo (ping) library for Go, allowing programs to send ICMP Echo Requests, receive replies, and collect RTT statistics. It is now deprecated and unmaintained; users should use the actively maintained fork prometheus-community/pro-bing.

Use cases

  • send icmp ping from a go program
  • measure network round-trip latency in go
  • monitor host reachability with icmp echo
  • build a custom ping command-line tool
  • collect packet loss and rtt statistics programmatically

When to choose

  • you need ICMP ping functionality in a Go application
  • you want unprivileged UDP-based pinging on Linux
  • you need callback-driven ping statistics like min/avg/max RTT

When to avoid

  • starting a new project - use prometheus-community/pro-bing instead
  • you need long-term support or bug fixes
  • you need TCP or HTTP health checks rather than ICMP

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

networking networking developer-tools windows go cross-platform icmp ping rtt network-diagnostics deprecated linux macos

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