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Install ioping with Homebrew
Tool to monitor I/O latency in real time. Version 1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Tool to monitor I/O latency in real time
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ioping
history
Project history and usage
ioping is a small command-line utility for measuring storage I/O latency in a ping-like style. The upstream README describes it as showing disk latency the same way ping shows network latency.
Project history
The GitHub README records that the project migrated from Google Code to GitHub. Its tags show an early v0.4 line in 2011 and a v1.x line ending at v1.3, while the README lists Konstantin Khlebnikov and Kir Kolyshkin as authors.
Adoption history
ioping's README explicitly links package entries for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, ALT Linux, Gentoo, Nix, FreeBSD, and Homebrew. That spread matches its niche: a tiny diagnostic binary that distributions can carry as a low-friction storage benchmark and monitoring helper.
How it is used
The typical use is to point ioping at a directory or block device and watch latency, IOPS, and throughput summaries. The README examples cover continuous latency sampling, disk seek-rate measurement, and sequential-speed measurement.
Why package nerds care
ioping matters in package catalogs because it fills the gap between full benchmark suites and ad hoc dd-style checks. Its name and output model make storage latency feel like ping, which is exactly the sort of memorable single-purpose Unix tool that travels well across distributions.
Timeline
- 2011: v0.4 tag appears in the Git history.
- 2015: GitHub repository metadata places the public GitHub repository in service after the Google Code era.
- 2022: v1.3 tag used by Homebrew as the stable source archive.
Related projects
- ioping sits near fio, iostat, vmstat, and other storage-observability tools, but its upstream positioning is narrower: quick latency probes in the mental model of network ping.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ioping | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version1.3
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:ioping |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/koct9i/ioping |
| Repository | https://github.com/koct9i/ioping |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation