NextTrace
An open source visual routing tool that pursues light weight, developed using Golang.
NextTrace is part of the OwO Network project. The project is a joint initiative of Leo and Vincent.
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How To Use
Document Language: English | 简体中文
Automated Install
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Linux
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One-click installation script
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Download from GitHub
bash -c "$(curl -Ls https://github.com/sjlleo/nexttrace/raw/main/nt_install.sh)"
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GHPROXY mirror (For use in Mainland China)
bash -c "$(curl -Ls https://ghproxy.com/https://github.com/sjlleo/nexttrace/raw/main/nt_install.sh)"
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Arch Linux AUR installation command
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Build from source
yay -S nexttrace
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Directly download bin package (only supports amd64)
yay -S nexttrace-bin
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The two types of AUR builds are maintained by huyz and ouuan, respectively
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Linuxbrew's installation command
Same as the macOS Homebrew's installation method (homebrew-core version only supports amd64)
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macOS
- macOS Homebrew's installation command
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Homebrew-core version
brew install nexttrace
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This repository's ACTIONS automatically built version (updates faster)
brew tap xgadget-lab/nexttrace && brew install nexttrace
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The homebrew-core build is maintained by chenrui333, please note that this version's updates may lag behind the repository Action automatically version
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- macOS Homebrew's installation command
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Windows
- Windows Scoop installation command
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Scoop-extras version
scoop bucket add extras && scoop install extras/nexttrace
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Scoop-extra is maintained by soenggam
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Please note, the repositories for all of the above installation methods are maintained by open source enthusiasts. Availability and timely updates are not guaranteed. If you encounter problems, please contact the repository maintainer to solve them, or use the binary packages provided by the official build of this project.
- Windows Scoop installation command
Manual Install
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Download the precompiled executable
For users not covered by the above methods, please go directly to Release to download the compiled binary executable.
Release
provides compiled binary executables for many systems and different architectures. If none are available, you can compile it yourself.- Some essential dependencies of this project are not fully implemented on
Windows
byGolang
, so currently,NextTrace
is in an experimental support phase on theWindows
platform.
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Install from source
After installing Go >= 1.20 yourself, you can use the following command to install
go install github.com/xgadget-lab/nexttrace@latest
After installation, the executable is in the
$GOPATH/bin
directory. If you have not setGOPATH
, it is in the$HOME/go/bin
directory.
Get Started
NextTrace
uses the ICMP
protocol to perform TraceRoute requests by default, which supports both IPv4
and IPv6
# IPv4 ICMP Trace
nexttrace 1.0.0.1
# URL
nexttrace http://example.com:8080/index.html?q=1
# Form printing
nexttrace --table 1.0.0.1
# An Output Easy to Parse
nexttrace --raw 1.0.0.1
nexttrace --json 1.0.0.1
# IPv4/IPv6 Resolve Only
nexttrace --ipv4 g.co
nexttrace --ipv6 g.co
# IPv6 ICMP Trace
nexttrace 2606:4700:4700::1111
# Disable Path Visualization With the -M parameter
nexttrace koreacentral.blob.core.windows.net
# MapTrace URL: https://api.leo.moe/tracemap/html/c14e439e-3250-5310-8965-42a1e3545266.html
PS: The routing visualization drawing module was written by @tsosunchia, and the specific code can be viewed at tsosunchia/traceMap.
Note that in LeoMoeAPI 2.0, due to the addition of geographical location data, we have deprecated the online query part of the OpenStreetMap API in the traceMap plugin and are using location information from our own database.
The routing visualization function requires the geographical coordinates of each Hop, but third-party APIs generally do not provide this information, so this function is currently only supported when used with LeoMoeAPI.
NextTrace
now supports quick testing, and friends who have a one-time backhaul routing test requirement can use it
# IPv4 ICMP Fast Test (Beijing + Shanghai + Guangzhou + Hangzhou) in China Telecom / Unicom / Mobile / Education Network
nexttrace --fast-trace
# You can also use TCP SYN for testing
nexttrace --fast-trace --tcp
NextTrace
already supports route tracing for specified Network Devices
# Use eth0 network interface
nexttrace --dev eth0 2606:4700:4700::1111
# Use eth0 network interface's IP
# When using the network interface's IP for route tracing, note that the IP type to be traced should be the same as network interface's IP type (e.g. both IPv4)
nexttrace --source 204.98.134.56 9.9.9.9
NextTrace
can also use TCP
and UDP
protocols to perform Traceroute
requests, but UDP
protocols only supports IPv4
now
# TCP SYN Trace
nexttrace --tcp www.bing.com
# You can specify the port by yourself [here is 443], the default port is 80
nexttrace --tcp --port 443 2001:4860:4860::8888
# UDP Trace
nexttrace --udp 1.0.0.1
nexttrace --udp --port 53 1.0.0.1
NextTrace
also supports some advanced functions, such as ttl control, concurrent probe packet count control, mode switching, etc.
# Send 2 probe packets per hop
nexttrace --queries 2 www.hkix.net
# No concurrent probe packets, only one probe packet is sent at a time
nexttrace --parallel-requests 1 www.hkix.net
# Start Trace with TTL of 5, end at TTL of 10
nexttrace --first 5 --max-hops 10 www.decix.net
# Turn off the IP reverse parsing function
nexttrace --no-rdns www.bbix.net
# Set the payload size to 1024 bytes
nexttrace --psize 1024 example.com
# Feature: print Route-Path diagram
# Route-Path diagram example:
# AS6453 Tata Communication「Singapore『Singapore』」
# ╭╯
# ╰AS9299 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.「Philippines『Metro Manila』」
# ╭╯
# ╰AS36776 Five9 Inc.「Philippines『Metro Manila』」
# ╭╯
# ╰AS37963 Aliyun「ALIDNS.COM『ALIDNS.COM』」
nexttrace --route-path www.time.com.my
NextTrace
supports users to select their own IP API (currently supports: LeoMoeAPI
, IP.SB
, IPInfo
, IPInsight
, IPAPI.com
, Ip2region
, IPInfoLocal
, CHUNZHEN
)
# You can specify the IP database by yourself [IP-API.com here], if not specified, LeoMoeAPI will be used
nexttrace --data-provider ip-api.com
## Note There are frequency limits for free queries of the ipinfo and IPInsight APIs. You can purchase services from these providers to remove the limits
## If necessary, you can clone this project, add the token provided by ipinfo or IPInsight and compile it yourself
## Note For the offline database IPInfoLocal, please download it manually and rename it to ipinfoLocal.mmdb. (You can download it from here: https://ipinfo.io/signup?ref=free-database-downloads)
## For the offline database Ip2region, you can download it manually and rename it to ip2region.db, or let NextTrace download it automatically
## Fill the token to: ipgeo/tokens.go
## Please be aware: Due to the serious abuse of IP.SB, you will often be not able to query IP data from this source
## IP-API.com has a stricter restiction on API calls, if you can't query IP data from this source, please try again in a few minutes
# The Pure-FTPd IP database defaults to using http://127.0.0.1:2060 as the query interface. To customize it, please use environment variables
export NEXTTRACE_CHUNZHENURL=http://127.0.0.1:2060
## You can use https://github.com/freshcn/qqwry to build your own Pure-FTPd IP database service
# You can also specify the default IP database by setting an environment variable
export NEXTTRACE_DATAPROVIDER=ipinfo
NextTrace
supports mixed parameters and shortened parameters
Example:
nexttrace --data-provider IPAPI.com --max-hops 20 --tcp --port 443 --queries 5 --no-rdns 1.1.1.1
nexttrace -tcp --queries 2 --parallel-requests 1 --table --route-path 2001:4860:4860::8888
Equivalent to:
nexttrace -d IPAPI.com -m 20 -T -p 443 -q 5 -n 1.1.1.1
nexttrace -T -q 2 --parallel-requests 1 -t -R 2001:4860:4860::8888
IP Database
bgp.tools as a data provider for routing tables.
We useNextTrace BackEnd is now open-source.
https://github.com/sjlleo/nexttrace-backend
All NextTrace IP geolocation API DEMO
can refer to here
For full usage list, please refer to the usage menu
Usage: nexttrace [-h|--help] [-T|--tcp] [-U|--udp] [-F|--fast-trace] [-p|--port
<integer>] [-q|--queries <integer>] [--parallel-requests
<integer>] [-m|--max-hops <integer>] [-d|--data-provider
(Ip2region|ip2region|IP.SB|ip.sb|IPInfo|ipinfo|IPInsight|ipinsight|IPAPI.com|ip-api.com|IPInfoLocal|ipinfolocal|chunzhen|LeoMoeAPI|leomoeapi|disable-geoip)]
[-n|--no-rdns] [-a|--always-rdns] [-P|--route-path]
[-r|--report] [--dn42] [-o|--output] [-t|--table] [--raw]
[-j|--json] [-c|--classic] [-f|--first <integer>] [-M|--map]
[-v|--version] [-s|--source "<value>"] [-D|--dev "<value>"]
[-R|--route] [-z|--send-time <integer>] [-i|--ttl-time
<integer>] [_positionalArg_nexttrace_27 "<value>"]
[--dot-server (dnssb|aliyun|dnspod|google|cloudflare)]
[-g|--language (en|cn)]
Arguments:
-h --help Print help information
-4 --ipv4 Use IPv4 only
-6 --ipv6 Use IPv6 only
-T --tcp Use TCP SYN for tracerouting (default port
is 80)
-U --udp Use UDP SYN for tracerouting (default port
is 53)
-F --fast-trace One-Key Fast Trace to China ISPs
-p --port Set the destination port to use. It is
either initial udp port value for
"default"method (incremented by each
probe, default is 33434), or initial seq
for "icmp" (incremented as well, default
from 1), or some constantdestination port
for other methods (with default of 80 for
"tcp", 53 for "udp", etc.)
-q --queries Set the number of probes per each hop.
Default: 3
--parallel-requests Set ParallelRequests number. It should be
1 when there is a multi-routing. Default:
18
-m --max-hops Set the max number of hops (max TTL to be
reached). Default: 30
-d --data-provider Choose IP Geograph Data Provider [IP.SB,
IPInfo, IPInsight, IP-API.com, Ip2region,
IPInfoLocal, CHUNZHEN, disable-geoip].
Default: LeoMoeAPI
-n --no-rdns Do not resolve IP addresses to their
domain names
-a --always-rdns Always resolve IP addresses to their
domain names
-P --route-path Print traceroute hop path by ASN and
location
-r --report output using report mode
--dn42 DN42 Mode
-o --output Write trace result to file
(RealTimePrinter ONLY)
-t --table Output trace results as table
--raw An Output Easy to Parse
-j --json Output trace results as JSON
-c --classic Classic Output trace results like
BestTrace
-f --first Start from the first_ttl hop (instead from
1). Default: 1
-M --map Disable Print Trace Map
-v --version Print version info and exit
-s --source Use source src_addr for outgoing packets
-D --dev Use the following Network Devices as the
source address in outgoing packets
-R --route Show Routing Table [Provided By BGP.Tools]
--send-time Set the time interval for sending every
packet. Useful when some routers use
rate-limit for ICMP messages. Default: 100
-i --ttl-time Set the time interval for sending packets
groups by TTL. Useful when some routers
use rate-limit for ICMP messages. Default:
500
-z --timeout The number of seconds to keep probe
sockets open before giving up on the
connection.. Default: 1
--psize Set the packet size (payload size).
Default: 52
--dot-server Use DoT Server for DNS Parse [dnssb,
aliyun, dnspod, google, cloudflare]
-g --language Choose the language for displaying [en,
cn]. Default: cn
Project screenshot
NextTrace Enhanced
NextTrace Enhanced
is an enhanced version for enthusiasts, Enhanced
provides trace route calls in the form of Web API and a simple Looking Glass webpage with built-in visualization.
Please Notice that NextTrace Enhanced
is currently not supported in English.
https://github.com/OwO-Network/nexttrace-enhanced
OpenTrace
OpenTrace
is the cross-platform GUI
version of NextTrace
developed by @Archeb, bringing a familiar but more powerful user experience.
This software is still in the early stages of development and may have many flaws and errors. We value your feedback.
https://github.com/Archeb/opentrace
LeoMoeAPI Credit
NextTrace focuses on Golang Traceroute implementations, and its LeoMoeAPI geolocation information is not supported by raw data, so a commercial version is not possible.
The LeoMoeAPI data is subject to copyright restrictions from multiple data sources, and is only used for the purpose of displaying the geolocation of route tracing.
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We would like to credit samleong123 for providing nodes in Malaysia, TOHUNET Looking Glass for global nodes, and Ping.sx from Misaka, where more than 80% of reliable calibration data comes from ping/mtr reports.
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At the same time, we would like to credit isyekong for their contribution to rDNS-based calibration ideas and data. LeoMoeAPI is accelerating the development of rDNS resolution function, and has already achieved automated geolocation resolution for some backbone networks, but there are some misjudgments. We hope that NextTrace will become a One-Man ISP-friendly traceroute tool in the future, and we are working on improving the calibration of these ASN micro-backbones as much as possible.
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In terms of development, I would like to credit missuo and zhshch for their help with Go cross-compilation, design concepts and TCP/UDP Traceroute refactoring, and tsosunchia for their support on TraceMap.
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I would also like to credit FFEE_CO, TheresaQWQ, stydxm and others for their help. leoMoeAPI has received a lot of support since its first release, so I would like to credit them all!
We hope you can give us as much feedback as possible on IP geolocation errors (see issue) so that it can be calibrated in the first place and others can benefit from it.
JetBrain Support
JetBrain Open-Source Project License. We Proudly Develop By Goland.
This Project usesCredits
BGP.TOOLS provided some data support for this project. And we would like to express our sincere gratitude.
Sam Sam (samsam123@samsam123.name.my)
Others
Although other third-party APIs are integrated in this project, please refer to the official website of the third-party APIs for specific TOS and AUP. If you encounter IP data errors, please contact them directly to correct them.
For feedback related to corrections about IP information, we currently have two channels available:
- IP 错误报告汇总帖 in the GITHUB ISSUES section of this project (Recommended)
- This project's dedicated correction email:
correction@moeqing.com
(Please note that this email is only for correcting IP-related information. For other feedback, please submit an ISSUE)
How to obtain the freshly baked binary executable of the latest commit?
Please go to the most recent Build & Release workflow in GitHub Actions.