IPMG — IP Management & Ping Monitoring Tool

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Scan and monitor IP networks from the command line. IPMG pings hosts in parallel, resolves hostnames, and exports results as Excel, CSV, JSON, or Markdown reports.

Security note: only scan networks you are authorized to scan. Unauthorized scanning may violate your organization's policies or the law.

Install

pip install ipmg

Check that it works:

ipmg --version

Other install methods

uv (isolated global install):

uv tool install git+https://github.com/sameeralam3127/ipmg.git

curl installer (installs uv if missing):

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sameeralam3127/ipmg/main/install.sh | bash

From source (development):

git clone https://github.com/sameeralam3127/ipmg.git
cd ipmg
pip install -e .

Quick start

# Scan your local subnet automatically
ipmg --discover

# Scan a single host
ipmg --input 8.8.8.8

# Scan a CIDR range
ipmg --input 192.168.1.0/24

# Scan targets from a file (xlsx, csv, txt, or list)
ipmg --input targets.txt

# Resolve hostnames and export CSV + a readable Markdown report
ipmg --input targets.txt --resolve --formats md csv

Running plain ipmg uses ip_list.xlsx as input and creates a sample file if it does not exist.

Options

Flag	Default	Description
`--input`	`ip_list.xlsx`	Targets: a file (`.xlsx`, `.xls`, `.csv`, `.txt`, `.list`), a single IP, or a CIDR block
`--output`	`results`	Output file name prefix
`--formats`	`xlsx`	One or more of `xlsx`, `csv`, `json`, `md`
`--discover`	off	Auto-detect and scan the local subnet
`--resolve`	off	Reverse DNS (PTR) lookup for each host
`--dns-cache-ttl`	`300`	Cache DNS results for this many seconds (`0` disables caching)
`--timeout`	`2`	Ping timeout in seconds
`--count`	`1`	Pings per host
`--threads`	`50`	Parallel workers
`--interval`	off	Repeat the scan every N minutes
`--verbose`	off	Debug logging

Input formats

Excel / CSV — must contain an IP Address column:

IP Address

192.168.1.1

10.0.1.0/30
Text file — one IP or CIDR per line; blank lines and # comments are ignored:
```
# Production DNS
8.8.8.8
192.168.1.0/30
```
Command line — a literal IP (8.8.8.8) or CIDR block (10.0.0.0/24)

IP Address
192.168.1.1
10.0.1.0/30

Output

Every scan prints a color-coded summary and writes result files (e.g. results_20260628_120000.xlsx). Each row includes:

IP Address	Status	Latency	Hostname	Batch Timestamp	Scan Duration (s)
8.8.8.8	Active	12.5	dns.google	2026-04-09 11:42:13	6.24

Status values: Active, Inactive, Timeout, Unreachable, Invalid IP, Error.

The md format produces a shareable Markdown report with a status summary table — handy for tickets, handoffs, and incident timelines.

Troubleshooting

command not found: ipmg — make sure pip's script directory is on your PATH, or reinstall with pip install ipmg.
Hostname shows Unresolvable — the host has no DNS PTR record.
Input file rejected — check the extension is supported and that spreadsheets/CSVs include an IP Address column.

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1 pytest -q

Releases are automated: merging a conventional commit (feat: ..., fix: ...) to main triggers GitHub Actions to run tests, create a semantic-release tag, and publish to PyPI.

License

MIT — free for commercial and personal use.

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