Command-line tool

fping

brew/fping

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Scriptable ping program for checking if multiple hosts are up

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install fping

Linux

brew install fping

List the status of all hosts within a range

fping 192.168.1.{1..254}

List alive hosts within a subnet generated from a netmask

fping -a -g 192.168.1.0/24

List alive hosts within a subnet generated from an IP range and prune per-probe results

fping -q -a -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254

Browse

• Website monitoring

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