You can also install Fast on Linux from the Snapcraft store ( requires having Snapd installed on your Linux system - it's installed by default on Ubuntu):

Sudo install fast_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/fast You can install it to /usr/local/bin on any Linux distribution by downloading the binary ( fast_linux_amd64 on 64bit systems) in your home folder, then opening a terminal and typing (for the 64bit binary): Run it, and the command line utility will test your Internet download speed, showing the result provided by .įast binaries (and its source) can be downloaded from the application's GitHub releases page.

The tool is very simple and has no options whatsoever. It uses Open Connect CDN, a globally-distributed network of servers that's used for storing and serving Netflix content, being ' a good representation of the performance that can be achieved during a real-life user scenario', mentions a post on the Netflix TechBlog, which includes a lot of technical information in case you're interested. Released in May, 2016 by Netflix, is intended as a simple and quick way of allowing Internet users to test their current Internet speed, whether they are a Netflix member or not. The tool is powered by the Netflix service, and it runs on Linux, *BSD, Mac, and Windows. How to test Internet download speed from a terminal using Fast (powered by )įast is a simple utility with no dependencies (written in Go) for testing your Internet download speed from a terminal.

You may want to use a command line Internet speed test in case you want to avoid having to visit a bloated website like, or if you want to measure the current Internet speed of your server / a remote machine.

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