macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libopinglocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libopingMacPorts ports tree · net/liboping/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install liboping with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper
C library to generate ICMP echo requests. Version 1.10.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19.
install
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libopingAlpine Linux edge package indexes · liboping · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libnet-oping-perlDebian stable package indexes · libnet-oping-perl · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libopingFedora Rawhide package metadata · liboping · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libopingnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/liboping/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install liboping-developenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · liboping-devel · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
C library to generate ICMP echo requests
Project links
Commands and aliases
- noping
- oping
history
Project history and usage
liboping is Florian Forster's ANSI C library for sending ICMP echo requests to IPv4 and IPv6 hosts in parallel. It turns the basic idea behind ping into a reusable network-monitoring library and ships oping and noping as practical command-line examples.
Project history
The noping.cc project page says liboping was inspired by ping, libping, and fping, but differs by pinging multiple hosts in parallel while handling IPv4 and IPv6 transparently. The design emphasized a small object-oriented C interface, simplicity, extensibility, and opaque internal data structures.
The homepage documents oping as a sample application like ping, ping6, and fping rolled into one. Starting with version 1.4.0, noping added an ncurses front end for live ping statistics and highlighting unusual round-trip times.
Adoption history
liboping's adoption is concentrated in monitoring and operations tooling. It is useful when software needs repeated ping-style probes without forking ping for every host or reimplementing raw-socket handling.
The GitHub repository includes Perl bindings in the source package, which made the library accessible to monitoring scripts as well as C applications.
How it is used
Developers use liboping to construct ping objects, add hosts, send probes, and iterate over results. The oping and noping binaries provide ready-made command-line interfaces for parallel ping checks.
The README documents the permissions issue that matters to packagers: raw sockets require elevated privileges, so Linux packages may use cap_net_raw while other Unix systems may need a setuid-root installation strategy.
Why package nerds care
liboping is package-nerd interesting because it packages ICMP probing as a library instead of a shell loop around ping. That matters for monitoring systems, where process spawning and inconsistent ping implementations are exactly the sort of small overheads that become operational noise.
It also exposes the subtle packaging side of network utilities: the library itself is ordinary C, but the included binaries require careful capability or setuid handling to work for unprivileged users.
Timeline
- Pre-2017: liboping develops as octo's ping library with oping as the command-line sample application.
- Version 1.4.0: noping is introduced as an ncurses front end for live ping statistics.
- 2017: noping.cc documentation is built with copyright year 2017 and offers liboping 1.10.0 tarballs.
- 2017: GitHub release page records release 1.10.0 on 2017-05-11.
Related projects
- ping and ping6 are the traditional command-line tools whose behavior oping overlaps.
- fping is named by the project page as an inspiration for parallel host probing.
- Perl monitoring scripts are a related ecosystem because the source package includes Perl bindings.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
noping | cli | global executable | |
oping | 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 version1.10.0
manager updated2026-06-19
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://noping.cc/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:liboping |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.10.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/liboping |
| Homepage | https://noping.cc/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/octo/liboping |
| Upstream docs | https://noping.cc/ |
| License | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| Source archive | https://noping.cc/files/liboping-1.10.0.tar.bz2 |
| Last updated | 2026-06-19T12:32:38-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Uses from macOS | ncurses, perl |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | Run oping and noping sudo'ed in order to avoid the 'Operation not permitted' |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | liboping |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
libnet-oping-perl 1.10.0-1.21-5+b5
module for ICMP latency measurement
sudo apt install libnet-oping-perl- Section: perl
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Debian apt95%
liboping-dev 1.10.0-5+b5
C/C++ library to generate ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs (development files)
sudo apt install liboping-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Debian apt95%
liboping0 1.10.0-5+b5
C/C++ library to generate ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs
sudo apt install liboping0- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Debian apt95%
oping 1.10.0-5+b5
sends ICMP_ECHO requests to network hosts
sudo apt install oping- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Nix95%
liboping
nix profile install nixpkgs#liboping- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Ubuntu apt95%
libnet-oping-perl 1.10.0-1.21-5build5
module for ICMP latency measurement
sudo apt install libnet-oping-perl- Section: universe/perl
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Ubuntu apt95%
liboping-dev 1.10.0-5build5
C/C++ library to generate ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs (development files)
sudo apt install liboping-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Ubuntu apt95%
liboping0 1.10.0-5build5
C/C++ library to generate ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs
sudo apt install liboping0- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
Ubuntu apt95%
oping 1.10.0-5build5
sends ICMP_ECHO requests to network hosts
sudo apt install oping- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: liboping
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
apk95%
liboping 1.10.0-r2
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests
sudo apk add liboping- License: LGPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: liboping
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
apk95%
liboping-dev 1.10.0-r2
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests (development files)
sudo apk add liboping-dev- License: LGPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: liboping
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
apk95%
liboping-doc 1.10.0-r2
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests (documentation)
sudo apk add liboping-doc- License: LGPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: liboping
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
dnf95%
liboping 1.10.0-36.fc44
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests
sudo dnf install liboping- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: liboping
- 8 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
dnf95%
liboping-devel 1.10.0-36.fc44
Development files for liboping
sudo dnf install liboping-devel- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: liboping
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
zypper95%
liboping-devel 1.10.0-2.11
Multiple Host Ping Library that supports ICMPv4 and ICMPv6
https://verplant.org/liboping/
sudo zypper install liboping-devel- License: LGPL-2.1-only
- Category: Development/Libraries/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: liboping
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
zypper95%
liboping0 1.10.0-2.11
Multiple Host Ping Library that supports ICMPv4 and ICMPv6
https://verplant.org/liboping/
sudo zypper install liboping0- License: LGPL-2.1-only
- Category: System/Libraries
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: liboping
- 2 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Liboping
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