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GitHub CodeQL vs iPerf2

GitHub CodeQL

codeql.github.com

iPerf2

iperf2.sourceforge.io

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FigureGitHub CodeQLiPerf2
Price from$30/moFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published53
Spec score · Network Testing Software8.7 (#3)8.8 (#1)
PurposeCodeQL is a language and toolchain for code analysis that treats code as data.iPerf2 measures network traffic performance, including throughput, latency, link capacity, and responsiveness.

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GitHub CodeQL

  • Free for research and open sourceFree
  • GitHub Code Security$30 a month
  • CodeQL for open source and researchFree
  • GitHub Code Security$30 a month
  • GitHub Free with CodeQL code scanningPrice not published

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iPerf2

  • Community editionFree
  • Iperf 2 open-source editionFree
  • Professional editionFree

iPerf2 pricing →

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GitHub CodeQL

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iPerf2

iPerf2 measures network traffic performance, including throughput, latency, link capacity, and responsiveness. Testing uses a client to send traffic to a server. It can generate TCP and UDP traffic in one-way, bidirectional, full-duplex, and simultaneous multi-stream configurations. Measurements include one-way delay, round-trip time, jitter, packet loss, and throughput. It supports IPv4, IPv6, and multicast, including source-specific multicast joins, and reports can include enhanced metrics or use CSV format. The project manual describes an Android client with live meters for throughput, latency, and congestion signals. The manual also describes permit-key HMAC authentication using a timestamped HMAC-SHA256 value, with replay limited by a configurable time window. Its Professional feature set includes server access gating and remotely enabled server-side latency histograms. Measurements happen at socket-level reads and writes, so lower-level protocol-header overhead is excluded. iPerf2 and iPerf3 are separate implementations and do not interoperate. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows, and can be self-hosted. Both listed editions are free.

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