# Install prettyping with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Wrapper to colorize and simplify ping's output. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install prettyping.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:prettyping
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install prettyping
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install prettyping
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/prettyping/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install prettyping
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: prettyping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install prettyping
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: prettyping from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#prettyping
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/prettyping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S prettyping
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: prettyping from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:prettyping
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** Wrapper to colorize and simplify ping's output
- **Homepage:** <https://denilsonsa.github.io/prettyping/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- prettyping (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - prettyping - 1.0.1-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: prettyping from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | better ping tool | https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping
- Nix - prettyping: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/prettyping/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - prettyping - 1.0.1-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: prettyping from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | better ping tool | https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping
- dnf - prettyping - 1.1.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: prettyping from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Compact, colorful ping tool for your terminal | http://denilson.sa.nom.br/prettyping
- pacman - prettyping - 1:1.1.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: prettyping from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A ping wrapper making the output prettier, more colorful, more compact, and easier to read. | https://github.com/denilsonsa/prettyping
- MacPorts - prettyping: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/prettyping/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/prettyping.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/prettyping.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph