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At the end of the year, we have one final announcement: you can now use Globalping directly in VS Code and its forks, such as Cursor. The Globalping extension lets you run network tests right from your editor to help you debug connectivity, check performance, test DNS resolution, and more. Instead of switching to an external tool or terminal every
TLDR: I made a CLI tool that can resolve an IP address to a country, US state and even a city. https://github.com/jimaek/geolocation-tool It works well and confirms ipinfo's findings. Recently, I read how ipinfo finally proved what most technical people assumed: VPN providers don't actually maintain a crazy amount of infrastructure in
As 2025 wraps up, it's the perfect moment to look back at everything Globalping achieved this year. We saw steady growth, new features across the platform, and continued support from our amazing community. In this post, we'll revisit the key moments of 2025 and share a first glimpse of what's coming in 2026. 2025
We've made some updates to the Globalping MCP server. Over the past few months, we refined the server's authentication flow, upgraded its transport layer, fine-tuned its tools, and improved support for modern AI clients. If you're new to it, the Globalping MCP server provides AI tools with access to real network measurements, such as
Another day, another announcement: we're happy to let you know that the open-source uptime monitoring and status page solution UptimeFlare now supports Globalping for global uptime checks. In this post, we'll show what this integration does, why it matters, and how you can use it to run uptime checks from anywhere in the world, powered by
If you often use the ping command, you know that it has some limitations. Because it uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), it might not work well in all network situations. That's why we're excited to introduce a new Globalping feature: the ability to run ping with either TCP or ICMP. This update helps you
