HiPerConTracer vs NETworkManager
HiPerConTracer
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NETworkManager
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| Figure | HiPerConTracer | NETworkManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Network Diagnostic Software | 8.5 (#7) | 7.4 (#23) |
| License | HiPerConTracer is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). | NETworkManager is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3. |
| Purpose | HiPerConTracer is a Ping/Traceroute measurement framework for running regular measurements among sites. | NETworkManager is an open-source tool for managing networks and troubleshooting network problems. |
| Remote access | The Reverse Tunnel Tool maintains an SSH reverse tunnel so a Collector can connect to a node without the node having a publicly reachable IP address. | It provides remote desktop, PowerShell, PuTTY, TigerVNC, and Web Console tools in the app. |
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In their own words
HiPerConTracer
HiPerConTracer is a free, GPL-licensed framework for Ping and Traceroute measurements on Linux and self-hosted systems. It supports ICMP and UDP, multi-homing, parallel measurements, network load balancing, and nanosecond-precision timing through Linux software and hardware timestamping. A shared and static libhipercontracer library lets other software integrate its measurement functions. Framework tools can view, merge, convert, sync, collect, import, query, and manage results; conversion includes CSV output. The Importer supports MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. The Sync Tool transfers result files to a remote Collector using Rsync and SSH, while a Reverse Tunnel Tool maintains an SSH reverse tunnel for nodes without publicly reachable addresses. Documentation recommends TLS for database connections and separate database users. The current stable release is version 2.2.12, announced October 6, 2026. Ready-made packages are listed for Linux and FreeBSD; other named systems require source builds.
NETworkManager
NETworkManager has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.