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New Beta: PingPlotter 5.27

A major update to PingPlotter

PingPlotter 5.27 is now built on .NET 10 and Avalonia, bringing a faster, smoother experience to both Mac and Windows. A lot has changed under the hood. Day to day, it just feels better.

What's new

A modern foundation brings better performance, true cross-platform parity, and room to grow.

 

Modern foundation

Built on .NET 10 LTS with Avalonia's GPU-accelerated UI. You'll notice sharper graphs, faster startup, and smoother scrolling, especially on high-DPI displays.

 

Native Apple Silicon

Runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs with no Rosetta translation layer. You get full-speed performance and improved battery life.

 

TCP traceroute on Mac

Diagnose ICMP-filtered paths without switching to Windows. A long-requested feature, now available on macOS.

 

Full Mac and Windows parity

Docking, workspaces, network discovery, alerts, and session management all work the same on both platforms. New features ship to both at the same time.

In 2013, we rewrote PingPlotter in .NET (Framework 4.5) to move beyond Delphi and support modern Windows. Since then, we’ve stuck with .NET Framework 4.6 (since it ships with Windows) and used Mono/Xamarin on Mac. But it’s time to move forward.

So… drum roll… here’s the next PingPlotter, now built on dotnet 10 and Avalonia, a modern, cross-platform UI.

Mac and Windows now share 99% of the same code. That unlocks a lot: better performance, lower memory use, improved multithreading, stronger security, and a more refined experience overall. Plenty is familiar too: we’re still using C#, and much of the core engine carries forward, just better.

PingPlotter turns 30 next year. It started as a personal project because network troubleshooting sucked, and honestly, it can still suck sometimes. But our goal remains the same: keep making it suck less.

Thanks for being part of the journey. We’re just getting started.

Pete Ness
Founder, PingPlotter

Other improvements

 

Interactive focus overlay

The time graph focus period is fully draggable. Move it, resize it, flip direction, or clear it.

 

Precision timeline scrubbing

Pull the slider thumb away from the track to reduce sensitivity and land on the exact moment, even across hours of data. Relative context like "2.5h ago" helps you stay oriented. Also available in summary windows.

 

Inline trace grid search

Ctrl+F or Cmd+F opens live search with match counts and auto-scroll. Find any hop or address instantly without leaving the window.

 

Prevent sleep while tracing

A configurable setting with consistent defaults across platforms. Keeps your machine awake during active traces.

 

Native macOS notifications

Alerts use standard notification banners that respect Do Not Disturb and Notification Center.

 

Auto-expiring unresponsive hops

Hops that stop responding will fade from the route display after a set threshold. Keeps your trace clean without manual cleanup.

 

Drag-adjustable latency legend

Drag color boundaries to set thresholds visually on Windows; right-click to apply across all windows.

 

Email template editor

Build alert emails with live preview and drag-and-drop variables. Improved on Windows, and now available on Mac for the first time.

Also in 5.27

Hundreds of changes, tweaks, and dozens of bug fixes. Here are some highlights.

  • Cell-level focus and copy for columns in the trace graph
  • Copy as Text for traceroute-style output, now available in Cloud
  • Crisper graph rendering through GPU-accelerated Skia graphics, especially the jitter graph
  • Updated keyboard shortcuts with more native keybindings
  • Smoother row-flash animation linking trace grid to time graph
  • Responsive control panel that adapts cleanly at narrow widths
  • "Changes Pending" counter and Discard button in settings
  • Improved help links and tooltips throughout settings
  • DNS lookups no longer loop for unresolvable hosts
  • Toast notifications introduced for certain actions
  • Smarter Mac install dialogs with better version detection
  • Additional Mac alert audio formats including AIFF, AAC, and M4A
  • Redesigned Windows installer with clearer copy and a simple service install option

Compatibility requirements

PingPlotter 5.27 requires Windows 10 or later and macOS 12 (Monterey) or later.

Still on an older OS? PingPlotter 5.25 and earlier and v4 remain available.

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Download for Windows

v5.27.1 (Mar 30, 2026 release) · Windows 10 or later

Download for macOS

v5.27.1 (Mar 30, 2026 release) · macOS 12 (Monterey) or later

Invitation and account login required. This is a prerelease build that expires Sept 27, 2026. Please send any feedback or questions to support@pingman.com.

Still on an older OS? PingPlotter 5.25 and earlier and v4 remain available.