install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install httping

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install httping

MacPorts ports tree · net/httping/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install httping

Debian stable package indexes · httping · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install httping

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · httping · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#httping

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ht/httping/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S httping

Arch Linux sync databases · httping · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/httping

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/httping.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Ping-like tool for HTTP requests

Project links

Commands and aliases

httping

history

Project history and usage

httping is a ping-like utility for HTTP URLs. Instead of measuring ICMP reachability, it times the HTTP path: connect, send a request, and retrieve the reply headers.

Project history

Folkert van Heusden's project page presents httping as `ping` for HTTP requests and carries an older changelog covering early 0.x and 1.x work. That changelog shows the tool growing from basic request timing into SSL support, status-code reporting, Nagios plugin use, transfer-speed display, OpenBSD compilation, authentication, cookies, IPv6, and persistent connections.

The GitHub repository later became the download and source home. Its README documents a CMake build with optional OpenSSL, ncurses TUI, FFTW3 performance graphics, and gettext support, while repository tags show later v2.x through v4.x releases.

Adoption history

httping has remained a small systems utility, but the batch input records packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and Ubuntu. The author page also documents FreeBSD ports usage and 2006 Linux magazine coverage.

How it is used

The practical use case is checking HTTP latency and behavior from the command line, especially where ICMP ping is blocked or irrelevant. The project page includes a Nagios command example, and the README's optional TLS and TUI features show its fit for monitoring and terminal diagnostics.

Why package nerds care

httping is package-nerd bait because it is exactly the kind of tiny Unix tool that fills one missing measurement: not a crawler, not a benchmark suite, just repeated HTTP request timing that packages cleanly on many systems.

Timeline

0.0.9: SSL support was added according to the author changelog.
1.0.0: OpenBSD compilation support was added according to the author changelog.
1.4.0: IPv6 support was added according to the author changelog.
2006: Linux Magazin and Linux Magazine coverage was listed on the author page.
2021: The public GitHub repository was created.
2022: Git tag v2.9 was created.
2025: Git tag v4.4.0 was created.

Related projects

Related tools include `ping`, curl timing, Nagios HTTP checks, ApacheBench, and MultiTail, which the author page mentions as a companion for watching output in a separate log view.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:http

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`httping`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version4.4.0

manager updated2026-04-23

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv4.4.0

https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:httping
Version	4.4.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/httping
Homepage	https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing
Repository	https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing
Upstream docs	https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing
License	AGPL-3.0-only
Source archive	https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing/archive/refs/tags/v4.4.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-04-23T17:45:05Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	fftw, gettext, openssl@4
Build dependencies	cmake, gettext, pkgconf
Uses from macOS	ncurses
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	httping
Version Scheme	0
Revision	2
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

httping 4.4.0-3

ping-like program for http-requests

http://www.vanheusden.com/httping

sudo apt install httping

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
6 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: httping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

httping

nix profile install nixpkgs#httping

normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/httping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

httping 2.5-5.2build2

ping-like program for http-requests

http://www.vanheusden.com/httping

sudo apt install httping

Section: universe/net
Architecture: amd64
6 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: httping from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

dnf95%

httping 3.6-4.fc44

Ping alike tool for http requests

https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing/

sudo dnf install httping

License: GPL-1.0-or-later AND OpenSSL
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: httping
7 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: httping from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

httping 4.4.0-1

A ping-like tool for HTTP requests

https://www.vanheusden.com/httping/

sudo pacman -S httping

License: GPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
3 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: httping from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

httping

sudo port install httping

normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/httping/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/httping

scoop install main/httping

normalized package name match
Matched by: Httping

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/httping.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/httping.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install httping with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop