Introducing a tiny utility built on Go using chromedp to check internet speed right from the terminal.
How to use it?
Make sure you have a Chrome browser installed, then install fast:
go get github.com/adhocore/fast/cmd/fast
Finally, make sure $GOPATH or $HOME/go/bin is in your $PATH or %path%, then run
fast
You will see something like this
adhocore/fast
A GO lang command line tool to check internet speed right from the terminal.
Uses fast.com through headless chrome.
Prerequistie
Chrome browser must be installed. chromedp will try to locate the chrome executable automatically from these paths.
If you get error regarding chrome availability, and you have chrome in custom path then check Troubleshooting.
Usage
Install fast:
go get -u github.com/adhocore/fast/cmd/fast
# or in recent go versions:
go install github.com/adhocore/fast/cmd/fast@v1.1.0
Finally, make sure $GOPATH or $HOME/go/bin is in your $PATH or %path%, then run:
fast
# if you just want download speed (pass -noup aka no upload speed)
fast -noup
Wait a while or Ctrl+C if you can't. That's all.
Screen
Troubleshooting
In MacOS, you can do something like this:
echo '#!/bin/sh\n\n/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome $@' > /usr/local/bin/chrome
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chrome
In WSL, you can symlink chrome from host WinOS like this:
Top comments (2)
Hey everyone, I'm having some issues with my internet connection lately. It's been really slow and sometimes it just drops out completely. I'm not sure if it's my provider, my router, or something else. I want to figure out what the problem is, so I thought checking my internet speed might be a good first step. Does anyone know how to do that? Are there any reliable tools or websites that can help me measure my internet speed accurately? Also, if anyone has tips on what to look for when interpreting the results, that would be super helpful. Thanks in advance!
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