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Install trippy with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Network diagnostic tool, inspired by mtr. Version 0.13.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install trippy

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add trippy

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · trippy · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install trippy

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

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#trippy

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

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S trippy

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install trippy

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · trippy · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/trippy

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

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id FujiApple.Trippy -e

Windows Package Manager source index · FujiApple.Trippy · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Network diagnostic tool, inspired by mtr

Commands and aliases

  • trip

history

Project history and usage

Trippy is a cross-platform network diagnostic command-line and terminal UI tool that combines traceroute-style path discovery with ping-style latency measurement. Its own README describes it as a tool for analyzing networking issues, while the project documentation and package metadata position it as a modern mtr-like utility.

Project history

The project is explicitly built in the lineage of classic packet-path tools: the README says Trippy draws heavily from mtr, incorporates ideas from libparistraceroute and Dublin Traceroute, and borrows inspiration from pnet for networking code. That puts Trippy in the tradition of tools used by operators to understand hop-by-hop latency, packet loss, and route changes, but with a Rust implementation and a polished TUI.

Adoption history

Trippy's README lists distribution through Cargo, Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu PPA, Snap, WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Arch, Gentoo, Void, Nix, Docker, and other repositories. That broad packaging footprint is the main source-backed adoption signal: it moved beyond a source-only Rust utility into the normal package-manager channels used by network engineers and CLI collectors.

How it is used

The documented basic workflow is to run `trip example.com`, often with privileges depending on platform packet access rules, then use Trippy's live output and documentation for usage examples, privilege setup, CLI reference, columns, themes, and configuration. Package users generally install it as a drop-in modern diagnostic tool when they want mtr-like behavior without remembering separate ping and traceroute invocations.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager catalogs, Trippy is interesting because it is a Rust CLI that has escaped the Cargo-only niche and is packaged across Unix, BSD, Windows, Docker, and Homebrew ecosystems. It is the kind of tool package nerds notice: a newer implementation of a familiar sysadmin workflow, with strong cross-platform install coverage and a single executable named `trip`.

Timeline

  • 2022: The README license section identifies Trippy Contributors copyright beginning in 2022.
  • Current README: Trippy documents installation through Cargo, Homebrew, Debian, BSD ports, Windows package managers, Nix, Docker, and more.
  • Current docs: Trippy maintains a dedicated documentation site at trippy.rs with installation, usage, privileges, CLI, and configuration references.

Related projects

  • mtr, libparistraceroute, Dublin Traceroute, pnet, ratatui, crossterm

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:network

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
./trippy.toml./.trippy.toml~/trippy.toml~/.trippy.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/trippy.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.trippy.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/trippy/trippy.toml$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/trippy/.trippy.toml
Windows
%APPDATA%/trippy.toml%APPDATA%/.trippy.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
tripcliglobal 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 version0.13.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.13.0

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:trippy
Version0.13.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/trippy
Homepagehttps://trippy.rs/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy
Upstream docshttps://trippy.rs/
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/archive/refs/tags/0.13.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nametrippy
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

trippy 0.12.2+dfsg-1

TUI network diagnostic tool

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy

sudo apt install trippy
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: trippy from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

trippy

nix profile install nixpkgs#trippy
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/trippy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

trippy 0.13.0-r0

combines the functionality of traceroute and ping and is designed to assist with the analysis of networking issues.

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/

sudo apk add trippy
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: trippy
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: trippy from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

trippy-bash-completion 0.13.0-r0

Bash completions for trippy

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/

sudo apk add trippy-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: trippy
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: trippy-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

trippy-zsh-completion 0.13.0-r0

Zsh completions for trippy

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/

sudo apk add trippy-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: trippy
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: trippy-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

trippy 0.13.0-2

A network diagnostic tool

https://trippy.cli.rs

sudo pacman -S trippy
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: trippy from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

trippy 0.13.0-1.3

A network diagnostic tool

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy

sudo zypper install trippy
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: trippy
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: trippy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
Scoop95%

main/trippy

scoop install main/trippy
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/trippy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

FujiApple.Trippy

winget install --id FujiApple.Trippy -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Trippy
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: FujiApple.Trippy from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • lftShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
  • mtrShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, network-diagnostics, networking, ping.
  • cloudflare-speed-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, network-diagnostics, networking, tui.
  • fastraceShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
  • fpingShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, network-diagnostics, networking, ping.
  • nexttraceShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, diagnostics, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.

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.

Used sources

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