speedy

A fast, terminal-based internet speed test CLI built in Rust.

Features

• Ping & Jitter - Measures latency to Google DNS (8.8.8.8)
• Download Speed - 10-second timed download test
• Upload Speed - 10-second timed upload test
• Table Output - Clean ASCII table display
• JSON Output - Machine-readable results for scripting
• Simple Mode - Disable progress bars for minimal output

Installation

cargo build --release

The binary will be at target/release/speedy.

Usage

# Run full speed test
speedy

# Download only
speedy --download-only

# Upload only
speedy --upload-only

# Simple mode (no progress bars)
speedy --simple

# JSON output
speedy --json

# Combine flags
speedy --download-only --json

Options

Flag	Short	Description
--simple	-s	Disable progress bar animations
--download-only	-d	Test download speed only
--upload-only	-u	Test upload speed only
--json	-j	Output results as JSON

Example Output

+-----------+-------------+-----------------+---------------+
| Ping (ms) | Jitter (ms) | Download (Mbps) | Upload (Mbps) |
+-----------+-------------+-----------------+---------------+
| 15.23     | 1.45        | 95.12           | 42.67         |
+-----------+-------------+-----------------+---------------+

JSON mode:

{
  "ping_ms": 15.23,
  "jitter_ms": 1.45,
  "download_mbps": 95.12,
  "upload_mbps": 42.67
}

Dependencies

• clap - CLI argument parsing
• reqwest - HTTP client (blocking mode)
• indicatif - Progress bars
• tabled - Table formatting
• colored - Terminal colors
• serde / serde_json - JSON serialization

License

MIT