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24 alternatives to Fastrace- a fast, dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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A fast, dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C▲29
A fast, dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C. - davidesantangelo/fastrace
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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KORE.io▲88
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2015 · kore.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · concord.io · its alternatives →
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2021 · cee.studio · its alternatives →
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2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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RDBTools – Redis Memory Analyzer▲9
2018 · rdbtools.com · its alternatives →
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Towards route-less HTTP services in Scala▲8
2017 · blog.buildo.io · its alternatives →
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Hypertrace: A modern distributed tracing and Observability platform▲7
An open source distributed tracing & observability platform - hypertrace/hypertrace
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fuge, an Erlang Port of GitHub's Scientist Library▲6
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Node-cli-proxy: web front end for interactive command-line programs▲8
2014 · tmskfk.com · its alternatives →
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Rust 1.1▲1
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