# denilsonsa/prettyping

`prettyping` is a wrapper around the standard `ping` tool, making the output prettier, more colorful, more compact, and easier to read.

Repository: https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/prettyping
Homepage: http://denilsonsa.github.io/prettyping/
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ping, shell, network-monitoring, graph
Last push: 2025-06-01T16:13:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 24, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4168, "days_push": 458, "days_rel": 464, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1287, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.968579+00:00)

## What it is
A single-file bash/awk wrapper around the standard ping tool that renders ping output in a colorful, compact, graphical way using Unicode characters. It shows live statistics and marks lost packets, working on Linux, macOS, and BSD with minimal dependencies.

## Use cases
- visualize ping latency in the terminal
- monitor packet loss over time
- make ping output easier to read
- track network connection stability
- debug intermittent network issues
- watch live ping statistics while troubleshooting

## When to choose
- you run ping often and want readable, graphical output
- you need a zero-install, single-script tool with no root required
- you want live statistics and lost-packet markers in the terminal
- you need something portable across Linux, macOS, and BSD

## When to avoid
- you need programmatic ping results for scripts or automation
- you need advanced network diagnostics beyond ICMP echo (traceroute, mtr-style hop analysis)
- your environment lacks bash, awk, or ping
- you need long-term metric collection or alerting

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, monitoring, terminal-ui, cli, developer-tools
- domain: networking, monitoring, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: ping, network-diagnostics, shell-script, awk, latency-monitoring, packet-loss, terminal-visualization, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- denilsonsa/prettyping (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.968579+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 2026-08-30T04:55:51.533618+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.968579+00:00, sha f76c4745162d)
  - homepage: http://denilsonsa.github.io/prettyping/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:58.031913+00:00, sha 3ef2337aded8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.