Tools & Resources
A curated collection of web tools, projects, and CLI favorites for network engineers.
Web Tools
BGP toolkit — looking glass, route analysis, prefix reports.
Modern BGP analytics with real-time routing data and AS insights.
Interconnection database for networks, IXPs, and facilities.
Internet-connected device search engine and security scanner.
Suite of network calculators, DNS tools, and monitoring APIs.
Global DNS propagation checker from 20+ locations.
MX record lookup, blacklist check, SMTP diagnostics.
Deep SSL/TLS server configuration analysis.
Visual packet capture filter builder for tcpdump syntax.
Visual traceroute with interactive network path maps.
OUI lookup, IPv4/IPv6 connectivity tests, capture filters.
HTTP/2 test, performance check, traceroute from global PoPs.
Network quality test measuring latency, jitter, and throughput.
IP location, timezone, currency, and threat intelligence lookup.
My Projects
TUI tool for discovering network neighbors via CDP and LLDP — 20 built-in themes, real-time CSV logging.
TUI SNMP interface monitor with sparkline graphs, encrypted credentials, and concurrent dashboards.
Modular macOS/Linux dotfiles — Zsh, Neovim (NVChad), Tmux, Starship, 25+ utility scripts.
Cisco FDM API script for SNMP configuration changes.
Audit ACEs and unused configuration items on Cisco ASA.
Convert PFX certificates to PEM + Key format.
Interactive tmux session manager with colorful TUI and a keybinding cheat sheet parser.
Bookmarked Projects
Virtual networking labs made easy — spin up multi-vendor topologies with a single command.
Zero-config WireGuard-based mesh VPN that just works.
Free and open platform for threat hunting, network security monitoring, and log management.
Network discovery and topology mapping via SSH-based device interrogation.
Docker deployment for NetBox — the leading open-source IPAM and DCIM tool.
Elegant macOS window management with radial menu and keyboard shortcuts.
Beautiful, modern, and opinionated Linux desktop setup from Basecamp.
The security tester's companion — wordlists for fuzzing, passwords, usernames, and more.
DNS blocklists for ad-blocking, tracking protection, and malware filtering.
TextFSM templates for parsing CLI output from network devices.
CLI Favorites
Modern Replacements
cat with syntax highlighting, git integration, and paging.
Modern ls with colors, icons, git status, and tree view.
Blazingly fast recursive grep that respects .gitignore.
User-friendly find alternative — fast, colorized, smart defaults.
Smarter cd that learns your directory habits.
Intuitive du with visual disk usage breakdown.
Modern ps with color, search, filtering, and tree view.
dig with color, DNS-over-TLS, and DNS-over-HTTPS support.
Intuitive sed alternative for find-and-replace.
Colorful, compact ping output with live graph.
Beautiful syntax-highlighting pager for git diffs and grep.
Network & Diagnostics
Combines traceroute + ping for continuous path analysis.
Graphical ping — live latency graph in the terminal.
Network diagnostic combining traceroute + ping with TUI.
The gold standard for network discovery and security auditing.
Human-friendly HTTP client for API testing.
The Swiss army knife of data transfer.
ARP-based network discovery and fingerprinting tool.
Terminal bandwidth utilization by process, connection, and host.
Real-time interface bandwidth display — top for network traffic.
The classic IPv4/IPv6 subnet calculator for the CLI.
Network throughput measurement between two endpoints.
IP address geolocation, ASN lookup, and bulk queries from the terminal.
The fastest port scanner — scans the entire internet in under 5 minutes.
The packet capture and analysis Swiss army knife.
Multipurpose network relay — netcat on steroids.
Fast, modern VPN tunnel configuration and management.
Ookla Speedtest from the command line.
Modern WHOIS replacement using the RDAP protocol.
Comprehensive SSL/TLS testing from the command line — ciphers, protocols, vulnerabilities.
Security
WiFi security auditing suite — capture, analyze, and test wireless networks.
Web server vulnerability scanner with 7,000+ checks.
Directory, DNS, and vhost brute-forcing tool written in Go.
Let's Encrypt certificate automation — free HTTPS for everyone.
Make locally-trusted development certificates with zero config.
Productivity & Shell
Command-line fuzzy finder — search files, history, processes.
Terminal multiplexer for persistent, split-pane sessions.
Minimal, fast, customizable prompt for any shell.
Terminal UI for git — stage, commit, rebase visually.
Lightweight command-line JSON processor and query tool.
YAML/XML/TOML processor — like jq but for structured configs.
Community-driven man pages with practical examples.
Beautiful resource monitor — CPU, memory, disk, network.
Disk usage analyzer with interactive TUI.
Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor.
Blazing fast Neovim config with beautiful UI and 40+ plugins out of the box.
Fast, native terminal emulator with GPU rendering and zero config needed.
Magical shell history — sync, search, and stats across machines.
Beautiful syntax-highlighting pager for git diffs and grep.
Charm toolkit for glamorous, interactive shell scripts.
Blazing fast terminal file manager with image preview.
One command to upgrade everything — brew, pip, cargo, npm, and more.
Generate regular expressions from test cases automatically.