# Install nbping with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, zypper Ping Tool in Rust with Real-Time Data and Visualizations. Version 0.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:nbping ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install nbping ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#nbping ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nb/nbping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install nbping ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nbping from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/nbping ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nbping.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:nbping - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.7.1 - **Source summary:** Ping Tool in Rust with Real-Time Data and Visualizations - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T16:53:44+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - nbping (cli) - nbping (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## 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: 0.7.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/hanshuaikang/NBping - Upstream latest detected: v0.7.1 (current) ## Project history and usage NBping is a Rust ping tool with a terminal UI for concurrent targets, live graph/table/point/sparkline views, TCP and IP range ping support, YAML configuration, output logging, and a Prometheus exporter mode. ### Project history The repository was created on 2024-12-21. The project was first surfaced under the Nping name, but the README includes an explicit renaming notice that the project was officially renamed from Nping to NBPing and that the old name is deprecated. The README positions it as a visual ping tool rather than a packet-crafting suite: its examples focus on pinging multiple hostnames at intervals, switching terminal views, saving results, and exporting metrics for Prometheus and Grafana. ### Adoption history GitHub API data retrieved on 2026-07-01 showed 2,208 stars and 90 forks, unusually high for a young single-purpose network CLI. The README also displays HelloGitHub and Trendshift badges and thanks several Chinese open-source and operations media channels for reposting or paying attention to the project. Homebrew Formulae reported stable version 0.7.1 and 596 installs over the prior 365 days. The package-manager footprint in the input record also includes Nix, Scoop, and zypper, which fits a cross-platform CLI distributed mainly as a developer/operator convenience tool. ### How it is used Operators and CLI nerds use nbping when ordinary ping output is too flat: compare several hosts side by side, watch latency update in a terminal graph or table, set count and interval flags, choose the initial view, and optionally write results to a file. Exporter mode is the more operations-flavored path: run nbping exporter with targets, interval, and port, then scrape /metrics with Prometheus and visualize the latency data in Grafana. ### Why package nerds care NBping is part of the Rust terminal-ops wave: small static-feeling CLIs with polished TUIs that replace old Unix output streams for humans while keeping enough flags and export modes for automation. ### Timeline - 2024-12-21: hanshuaikang/NBping repository created. - 2025-09-10: v0.5.0 release published. - 2026-01-01: v0.6.0 release published. - 2026-06-28: v0.7.1 release published. - 2026-07-01: Homebrew Formulae reported stable version 0.7.1. ### Related projects - Prometheus - Grafana - Rust terminal UI tooling ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for nbping. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** nbping - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - nbping: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nb/nbping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - nbping - 0.7.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nbping from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A ping tool with real-time data and visualizations | https://github.com/hanshuaikang/Nping - Scoop - main/nbping: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nbping.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. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [httping](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/httping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latency, monitoring, networking, ping. - [prettyping](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prettyping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latency, monitoring, networking, ping. - [dish](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dish/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking. - [httptap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/httptap/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, latency, monitoring, networking. - [liboping](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/liboping/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking, ping. - [bmon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bmon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking. - [bwm-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwm-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking. - [cloudprober](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudprober/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, networking. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nbping.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/nbping.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