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ICMP and TCP ping and related tools

Is r-lib/pingr beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to r-lib/pingr to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
38
Forks
9
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
4
Dominant language
C
License
No license data
Last GitHub push
Jun 5, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 21, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

How to contribute to r-lib/pingr

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • Tests fail on i386 Windows
    Open
    bug

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

    r-lib/pingr#47 ·

  • Add support for parsing SRV records to nsl()
    Open
    feature help wanted :heart:

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    r-lib/pingr#16 · 3 comments ·

  • check internet speed?
    Open
    feature

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    r-lib/pingr#14 · 9 comments ·

  • Rewrite ICMP ping in C
    Open
    feature

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    r-lib/pingr#11 ·

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