tcping ☆
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Description:
TCP connect to the given IP/port combo
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Networking
Tags: networking diagnostics cli tcp monitoring
Install: brew install tcping
About:
Tcping is a lightweight command-line utility that measures the time it takes to establish a TCP connection to a specific host and port. Unlike ICMP-based ping, it accurately tests the availability and latency of actual services running on a server. This makes it an essential tool for diagnosing connectivity issues with web servers, databases, and other network applications.
Key Features:
  • Measures TCP connection latency, not just host reachability
  • Simple, single-purpose command-line interface
  • Provides success/failure statistics for monitoring
  • Lightweight and fast, with no external dependencies
Use Cases:
  • Verifying if a remote server port is open and accepting connections
  • Measuring network latency to a specific application service
  • Automated monitoring scripts to check service uptime
  • Diagnosing firewall or network routing issues
Alternatives:
  • netcat (nc) – More versatile for reading/writing to sockets, but less convenient for simple latency checks.
  • curl – Used for application-layer protocol testing (HTTP), whereas tcping operates at the transport layer (TCP).
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Sep 12, 2025 3:12am 0 VERSION_BUMP 1a1fdd92
Sep 22, 2023 2:36pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 2b6cc07b
Mar 25, 2023 6:05pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 54e7ae08
Mar 25, 2023 6:05pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 076957a9
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