On any of my Raspberry Pi and other IoT-enabled devices where I have a Linux-based OS, or my cloud-based VMs and containers running Linux, the speed test can be done by installing the official speedtest-cli. Speedtest using the speedtest-cli (Linux only) Screenshot of the speed-test CLI performing an internet speed test from the local device. Install via npm: npm install -location=global speed-test Speedtest using the speed-test CLI (npm) This solution works on any system where npm is available, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. Screenshot of running the Fast CLI from command line. By default, it measures download speed only. Note: I'm adding the -u flag to also measure the upload speed. Install the package: npm install -location=global fast-cli There's a GitHub project for the fast-cli, available as an npm package. Speedtest using the Fast CLI (npm) This solution works on any system where npm is available, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. When a UI is not available to us, running speed tests from the command line is another option that comes in handy. Screenshot of a browser-based speed test using by Netflix. Services like and are both very popular speed testing services, and you may recognize them by their UI: Screenshot of a browser-based speedtest using the service. I've recently come across the need to test the internet speed of devices without a Graphical User Interface (GUI) connected to the internet.ĭevices include Raspberry Pi, virtual machines running Linux, cloud-based containers running Linux distros, and more.
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