# Install httping with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop Ping-like tool for HTTP requests. Version 4.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-23. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:httping ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install httping ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install httping ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/httping/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install httping ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: httping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install httping ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: httping from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#httping ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/httping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S httping ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: httping from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/httping ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/httping.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:httping - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.4.0 - **Source summary:** Ping-like tool for HTTP requests - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-04-23T17:45:05Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - httping (cli) - httping (alias) ## Dependencies - fftw - gettext - openssl@4 ## Build dependencies - cmake - gettext - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - ncurses ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-04-23 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing - Upstream latest detected: v4.4.0 (current) ## 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 Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - httping - 4.4.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: httping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ping-like program for http-requests | http://www.vanheusden.com/httping - Nix - httping: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ht/httping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - httping - 2.5-5.2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: httping from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | ping-like program for http-requests | http://www.vanheusden.com/httping - dnf - httping - 3.6-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: httping from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Ping alike tool for http requests | https://github.com/folkertvanheusden/HTTPing/ - pacman - httping - 4.4.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: httping from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A ping-like tool for HTTP requests | https://www.vanheusden.com/httping/ - MacPorts - httping: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/httping/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/httping: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/httping.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [fftw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fftw/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, monitoring, networking. - [httptap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/httptap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, latency, monitoring, networking. - [nbping](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nbping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latency, monitoring, networking, ping. - [easeprobe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/easeprobe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, monitoring, networking. - [prettyping](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prettyping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latency, monitoring, networking, ping. - [proxygen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/proxygen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking. - [cloudprober](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudprober/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking. - [darkstat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/darkstat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking. - [axel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/axel/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, gettext, http, networking, openssl. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/httping.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/httping.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph