# sheepla/pingu

🐧ping command but with pingu

Repository: https://github.com/sheepla/pingu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pingu
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, go, go-cli, icmp, joke, network, penguin, ping, pingu, network-command
Last push: 2024-01-22T08:22:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1544, "days_push": 954, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2079, forks 62 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:11.516712+00:00)

## What it is
pingu is a ping command implementation written in Go that adds colorful output and Pingu penguin ASCII art to ICMP echo results. It supports IPv4 and IPv6 and ships as a single cross-platform executable.

## Use cases
- ping a host with fun colorful output
- check network connectivity from the terminal
- replace the standard ping command with a friendlier one
- ping IPv6 addresses
- show penguin ascii art while pinging

## When to choose
- you want a playful, colorful alternative to the standard ping
- you need a single-binary cross-platform ping tool
- you want to demo network tools in a fun way

## When to avoid
- you need advanced ping features like flood, timestamp, or detailed statistics
- you need scriptable, machine-readable output
- you require strict minimalism or low-overhead diagnostics

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, networking
- domain: networking, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: ping, icmp, ascii-art, fun, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sheepla/pingu (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.516712+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 2026-08-30T02:56:05.033712+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sheepla/pingu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:11.516712+00:00, sha aec59064236c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.