# opentrace

**Repository Path**: source-code-research/opentrace

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: opentrace
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: dev
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2026-01-30
- **Last Updated**: 2026-01-30

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

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## README

<div align="center">

<img src="https://github.com/nxtrace/NTrace-V1/raw/main/assets/logo.png" height="200px" alt="Logo"/>

<h3>
  <a href="https://opentrace.app">🌐 Official Website</a> | 
  <a href="readme_zh.md">🇨🇳 中文说明</a>
</h3>

</div>

## OpenTrace

OpenTrace is an open source visualized route tracing tool.

OpenTrace 是一款跨平台可视化路由追踪工具。


### Usage

- Download OpenTrace for your system from the [official website](https://opentrace.app) or [releases](https://github.com/Archeb/opentrace/releases). Linux users can also install it via [Flathub](https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.Archeb.opentrace) or [Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/opentrace-bin/).

<details>
<summary>Alternatively, if you compiled it yourself, then you need to:</summary>

- Download and install NextTrace: Download NextTrace for your system architecture from [here](https://github.com/nxtrace/Ntrace-V1/releases).

- Place NextTrace in the OpenTrace directory, or in a directory included in your system's PATH environment variable; you can also place it anywhere and manually specify the path (recommended for macOS users).
</details>

- If you are a **Windows user** and want to use TCP/UDP Traceroute, you also need to [download and install Npcap](https://npcap.com/#download).

- Unzip and run OpenTrace(.exe)

### Features

- [x] Cross-platform native GUI (Windows WPF / Linux GTK / macOS)

- [x] An interface you are familiar with, but with even more powerful functionalities

- [x] User-friendly GUI and easy-to-understand parameter descriptions

- [x] MTR (My Traceroute) functionality

- [x] Multi-language support (English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Japanese, Russian)

- [x] Custom DNS Resolvers (DNS, DoH)

- [x] Use CLI to start a trace

- [x] Supports local .MMDB database

More is coming... [Feature request](https://github.com/Archeb/opentrace/issues/new/choose) is welcome!

> **Tip**: You can also download the latest beta version of the corresponding architecture from the [Actions page of this project](https://github.com/Archeb/opentrace/actions); however, it may contain bugs or vulnerabilities, or may be unstable.

### Images

![macOS Dark](./HomePage/img/macos_dark.jpg)
![Windows](./HomePage/img/windows.png)
![Linux](./HomePage/img/linux.png)
![Preferences on macOS](https://i.imgur.com/X0L6c6S.png)

### Credit

OpenTrace uses [NextTrace](https://github.com/nxtrace/Ntrace-V1) as the backend.

### License

OpenTrace is released under the [GPL-3.0 license](LICENSE.txt).