PingPulse

⚡ PingPulse — Instant Server Ping Checker Know your connection quality in one click. PingPulse measures HTTP response times to popular servers worldwide — right from your browser toolbar. No signup, no tracking, completely free. ────────────────────────────── 🚀 FEATURES ────────────────────────────── ⚡ One-Click Ping Hit "Ping All" and get color-coded results in seconds. Green = fast, Yellow = moderate, Red = slow. 🌍 10 Global Regions Auto-detects your location from your timezone and selects the most relevant server endpoints. Supported regions: - Middle East • Europe • USA East • USA West - Canada • Russia • Asia • India • Australia • South America • Africa 📍 Ping Your Current Tab Instantly measure latency to whatever website you're browsing right now — real-world numbers, not estimates. 📈 Sparkline Trend Charts See latency history per server across your last 5 scans. Spot network degradation before it affects you. 📊 Scan History Review your last 20 scans with full server breakdowns. Track your network performance over time. 🔔 Smart Status Alerts Get a Chrome notification when a server goes down or recovers. Stay informed automatically. ⚙️ Fully Customizable - Add your own custom servers (any HTTPS URL) - Auto-refresh: 15s / 30s / 1min / 5min - Request timeout: 3s / 5s / 10s - Dark and Light mode 🔒 100% Private No data is collected. No accounts required. All results stay on your device in local storage. ────────────────────────────── 🛠️ HOW IT WORKS ────────────────────────────── PingPulse sends a HEAD request to each server and measures the round-trip time using the browser's performance API. Results are averaged over 3 samples to filter outliers. Note: Browser-based ping includes TCP + TLS overhead and will read ~70-90ms higher than ICMP ping. The results are consistent and reliable for comparison purposes. ────────────────────────────── 🌐 SERVERS INCLUDED ────────────────────────────── General: Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Google DNS (8.8.8.8), OpenDNS, Quad9 DNS: Google DNS2, Cloudflare2, Comodo DNS + regional variants Gaming: Fastly CDN, Akamai, Level3 backbone Streaming: Netflix Open Connect, Akamai Video CDN All servers are IP-based endpoints that return minimal responses — no ads, no tracking, no page loads. ────────────────────────────── 🔐 PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED ────────────────────────────── - tabs + activeTab: to read your current tab URL for the "Ping Current Tab" feature - notifications: to alert you when server status changes - alarms: to power the auto-refresh feature that works even when the popup is closed - storage: to save your scan history and preferences locally - host_permissions (specific IPs): to send HEAD requests to the ping servers No browsing history is accessed or stored. The current tab URL is only used to ping that server — it is never transmitted anywhere. ────────────────────────────── 📋 CHANGELOG ────────────────────────────── v1.0.0 — Initial release - 12 servers across 4 categories - 10 global regions with auto-detection - Sparkline charts, scan history, notifications - Dark/light mode, custom servers, auto-refresh