Network-Status-Check Clayton Errington

Use this command to install Network-Status-Check:

winget install --id=cjerrington.net-check -e

A desktop app to check the status of a hostname or URL and port.

Network-Status-Check is a desktop application designed to monitor the availability of hostnames, URLs, and ports. It provides users with a simple yet effective tool to check whether a specific endpoint or port is open, closed, or unreachable.

Key Features:

Real-time monitoring of multiple URLs and ports simultaneously.
Ability to add, edit, and remove entries in the monitoring list.
Import/export functionality for saving and restoring lists of URLs and ports.
Detailed status information including response times and connection details.
User-friendly interface built with Electron, Bootstrap, and jQuery for a seamless experience.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for network administrators, IT professionals, developers, and anyone requiring continuous monitoring of network endpoints. Network-Status-Check enables efficient network management by providing quick insights into the availability of critical resources, helping to identify issues before they impact operations.

Available via winget, it offers a straightforward installation process for integration into your workflow.

Network Status Check application written with Electron, Bootstrap, jQuery

This is a tool to add URLs and ports to check to see if they are open or not. You can add as many items to the list, and edit the list as well if needed. You can save your list and eventually reimport the list as well on launch or by using the Load URLs button.

Main Window

main

Run Check

runcheck

Quick Code Tour

The code entry point is in package.json under the key "main". The value is "main.js"
main.js creates a BrowserWindow and loads index.html. It also has event handlers that enable keyboard shortcuts for Developer Tools on various platforms. Note that loadURL uses a template literal to give the source file's location.`file://${__dirname}/app/index.html`
index.html loads Bootstrap's CSS in the <head> tag and renderer.js after the closing <body> tag. On the web Bootstrap's JavaScript would also load in this location but the Electron way is to load it in renderer.js with a require(). Note that these src and href attributes use normal relative paths. An HTTP server is not necessary.
renderer.js loads jQuery, Bootstrap and it's dependency; Tether. Each is assigned to the window object because this is the web application custom. It's not the Node.js or Electron custom because window is a global. For now we must do it this way or it won't work.
setup.js setups up some overall settings for the application
app.js is the real worker of functions.

Releases

At this time the releases are for Windows as that is my main developing platform and where I use this tool mostly; on Windows environments.

View Releases

Running Application

First download and install dependencies, then start the app.

git clone https://github.com/cjerrington/net-check.git
cd net-check
npm install
npm start

Creating Releases

Electron Forge allows us to make builds based on our operating system we are running from. Linux (Debian) and Windows 10 tested.