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title: Install sshping on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of sshping for Linux - Measure character-echo
  latency and bandwidth for an interactive ssh session
url: https://snapcraft.io/sshping
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# sshping

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* [Alexander Lukens (alexdlukens)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/alexdlukens "View all snaps from Alexander Lukens (alexdlukens)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 0.1

Install latest/stable of sshping

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install sshping
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* sshping

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 10 October 2025 - latest/stable
* 10 October 2025 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/alexdlukens/sshping](https://github.com/alexdlukens/sshping "https://github.com/alexdlukens/sshping")

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### Source code

* [github.com/spook/sshping](https://github.com/spook/sshping "https://github.com/spook/sshping")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/sshping#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/sshping#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/sshping#tab-security)

#### Measure character-echo latency and bandwidth for an interactive ssh session

Use this utility to test the performance of interactive ssh sessions or scp file transfers.
It uses ssh to log into a remote system, then runs two tests: the first test sends one character at a time, waiting for each character to be returned while it records the latency time for each.
The second test sends a dummy file over scp to /dev/null on the remote system.

For the echo test, you may specify a character count limit (-c) or a test time limit (-t), and also the command (-e) used on the remote system that echoes characters back.

For the speed test, you may specify the number of megabytes to send (-s) and the target location for the copies (-z).

The default output format is RFC-2822 compliant with simple integers so parsing is easy.
You may also display delimiters to make reading of large numbers easier, or you may use a "human readable" format that displays values using SI prefixes to keep the numberic value small.

# SSH Keys Interface

By default, the snap interface for SSH keys is not connected.
In order to use SSH keys with this snap, you will need to connect the `ssh-keys` interface manually.
You can do this after installation by running:

`snap connect sshping:ssh-keys`

This is a third-party snap, not officially supported by the original author.
Find the original source code at <https://github.com/spook/sshping>

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## Install sshping on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/sshping/ubuntu)