使用 Homebrew 安装 ttl

项目链接

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命令和别名

• ttl

项目历史

The official README describes ttl as a network diagnostic tool that goes beyond traceroute, with route flap alerts, IX identification, NAT detection, MTU discovery, and multi-target tracing. Its Cargo metadata identifies the package as a command-line network diagnostic utility and points to the GitHub repository.

The changelog shows active release work through 2026. Version 0.15.0 in January 2026 added animated replay and event recording; later releases added ECMP classification, NetBSD support, replay controls, daemon mode, Prometheus export, Docker publishing, trace diffing, and platform-specific raw-socket fixes.

采用历史

The README lists installation paths through crates.io, Homebrew core, Alpine edge/testing, Arch AUR, Gentoo, NetBSD pkgsrc, Nix, GitHub release binaries, and Docker images. That spread is unusually broad for a young network CLI and reflects its appeal to package users who want a current alternative to stock traceroute/mtr.

The GitHub page describes ttl as a better mtr and lists topics such as Rust, CLI, terminal, networking, latency, geolocation, ICMP, TUI, traceroute, network visualization, mtr, ASN lookup, and Ratatui.

使用方式

The README's quick start shows `ttl 8.8.8.8` on Linux after granting `cap_net_raw`, `sudo ttl 8.8.8.8` on macOS/BSD, UDP probing, multi-flow ECMP path discovery, path MTU discovery, multiple targets, and resolve-all tracing.

For automation, ttl supports JSON, CSV, text reports, line-delimited JSON streaming, saved-session replay, diffing, daemon mode, Prometheus metrics, Docker, and shell completions.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

ttl is significant to package nerds because it packages a modern terminal-networking stack: Rust, Ratatui, cross-platform raw socket handling, package-manager install paths, and ops-friendly exports in one binary.

It also shows how newer CLIs compete with entrenched Unix tools by keeping the familiar traceroute mental model while adding structured output and observability hooks that fit scripted and containerized environments.

时间线

• 2026-01: Version 0.15.0 added animated replay and probe event recording.
• 2026-02: Version 0.18.1 added experimental NetBSD support.
• 2026-06: Version 0.20.0 added daemon mode, Prometheus export, Docker publishing, streaming JSON, and trace diffing.
• 2026-06: Version 0.20.1 fixed macOS/BSD probe TTL behavior and updated dependencies.

Related projects

• traceroute and mtr are the classic tools ttl explicitly builds beyond.
• Ratatui and crossterm provide the terminal UI stack named in Cargo dependencies.
• PeeringDB, MaxMind GeoIP data, and ASN lookups are adjacent data sources used for ttl's enrichment features.

来源

• https://github.com/lance0/ttl#readme
• https://github.com/lance0/ttl/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/lance0/ttl/blob/master/Cargo.toml
• https://github.com/lance0/ttl/blob/master/docs/FEATURES.md
• source_facts.package-manager