riptide

riptide

Measure and watch your internet connection — from the terminal.

A polished Go TUI with a startup menu, one-shot speed tests, and a live bandwidth monitor. Centered cards, smooth graphs, no config required.

Modes

Both modes share the same card UI, accent colors (teal ↓ / amber ↑), and keyboard controls.

Screenshots

_{Main menu · pick Speed Test, Bandwidth, or Exit   |   Speed Test · live graphs mid-run}

_{Finished · peaks + ping summary   |   Bandwidth · live DL/UL of your real connection}

_{Help · press ? anytime for controls · esc / m back to menu}

Features

• Startup menu — card buttons with hotkeys 1 / 2 / 3, keyboard or mouse
• High-res graphs — eighth-block bars, fire gradients, peak spark, age fade
• Smooth numbers — lerped display values instead of hard snaps
• Units on the fly — c cycles Mbps · KB/s · MB/s · GB/s
• Compact mode — t hides the large logo when space is tight
• Clean chrome — VS-style #191a1b canvas, rounded cards, accent chips
• Graceful errors — no stack traces when the network is down

Quick start

Linux (installer — no sudo):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Foxemsx/riptide/main/install.sh | sh
riptide

Anywhere with Go 1.23+:

go install github.com/Foxemsx/riptide/cmd/riptide@latest
riptide

From source:

git clone https://github.com/Foxemsx/riptide
cd riptide
go build -o riptide ./cmd/riptide    # Windows: go build -o riptide.exe ./cmd/riptide
./riptide

Put $(go env GOPATH)/bin on your PATH if riptide is not found after go install.

Uninstall (Linux):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Foxemsx/riptide/main/uninstall.sh | sh

Usage

riptide              # main menu → Speed Test or Bandwidth
riptide --compact    # skip the large logo

Controls

License

MIT — free to use, modify, and redistribute with the license notice.