Globalping: A Community-Driven, Open-Source Platform for Scalable, Real-Time Network Measurements

TL;DR

Globalping is an open-source, community-driven platform enabling scalable, real-time global network measurements accessible to all users through an intuitive interface and integrations.

Contribution

It introduces a democratized, scalable network measurement platform with integrations, contrasting with existing solutions like RIPE Atlas.

Findings

Supports ping, traceroute, DNS lookups from distributed probes

Offers integrations with Slack and GitHub for enhanced collaboration

Accessible to non-technical users and organizations

Abstract

We present Globalping, an open-source, community-driven platform for scalable, real-time global network measurements. It democratizes access to network diagnostics by offering every user, including non-technicals, technicals, and companies, the ability to perform ping, traceroute, and DNS lookups from a globally distributed network of user-hosted probes using either the intuitive Globalping front-end or REST API. Unlike solutions like RIPE Atlas, official integrations with other platforms, such as Slack and GitHub, make Globalping even more effective in real-time monitoring and collaboration.