{"id":"linuxserver-smokeping","name":"smokeping","af_score":31.5,"security_score":32.5,"reliability_score":27.5,"what_it_does":"smokeping is a network latency/packet-loss monitoring tool that measures and plots “smoke” traces over time by sending probe packets to configured targets (typically via ping/round-robin probing) and visualizing results.","best_when":"You need lightweight, self-hosted network path monitoring with historical graphs for latency/loss.","avoid_when":"You require modern cloud SaaS APIs/SDKs, strong authentication boundaries, or a managed hosted service with webhooks.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:35:19.834558+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["This is primarily a CLI/self-hosted daemon and web UI rather than a programmatic API; agent automation usually means managing configs, running commands, and scraping/reading generated outputs/graphs.","Network probing may require ICMP permissions/capabilities depending on OS and configuration (e.g., raw socket/privileged execution).","Results are time-series/graph artifacts; using it as an API-like data source may require parsing exported reports rather than calling a stable endpoint."],"error_quality":0.0}