Autoping

A tiny macOS menu bar app that shows your current ping.

This is an Apple Silicon-native replacement for the original free Autoping app. I liked the idea, but the old app is Intel-era and no longer maintained, so this keeps the useful bit: a small latency readout that is always visible.

Settings

Pick a target, decide whether you want the packet-loss warning, and choose whether the app should launch when you log in.

Targets:

• Default system/ISP DNS
• Cloudflare DNS, 1.1.1.1
• Google DNS, 8.8.8.8
• Custom host or IP

The packet-loss icon only appears when a ping is lost.

Download

Grab the latest Apple Silicon build from:

github.com/0xdef1cafe/autoping/releases

Build It Yourself

Requirements:

• Apple Silicon Mac
• macOS 13 or newer
• Xcode command line tools or Xcode

git clone git@github.com:0xdef1cafe/autoping.git
cd autoping
./scripts/build-app.sh
open .build/Autoping.app

To make the release zip:

./scripts/package-release.sh

That writes:

release/Autoping-apple-silicon.zip

Notes

• Native Swift/AppKit.
• No Node, Electron, web runtime, or third-party dependencies.
• Apple Silicon only.
• Uses /sbin/ping -n -c 1 -W 1000 <target> once per second.
• Launch at login uses macOS SMAppService.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.