BGP Scout – BGP Network Browser
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Hi HN,When working with BGP data, I kept running into the same friction: it’s easy to get raw data, but surprisingly hard to browse networks over time — especially by when they appeared, where they operate, and what they actually look like at a glance.I built a small tool, bgpscout.io, to scratch that itch.It lets you:Browse ASNs by registration date and geographySee where a given network appears to have presenceView commonly scattered public data about an ASN in one placeSave searches to track when new networks matching certain criteria appearAll of this data is public already; the goal was to make exploration faster and less painful.I haven’t invested heavily in expanding it yet. Before doing so, I’m curious:Is this solving a real problem for you?What would make something like this actually useful in day-to-day work?Feedback is welcome.
HN · launched Jan 16, 2026 · 27 upvotes (top 30%) · 0 views
Niche: network monitoring and diagnostics tools · 193 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▼ -35% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial Building the web UI and Mapbox visualization is straightforward, but aggregating, parsing, and indexing live and historical global BGP routing tables (MRT dump files from RouteViews/RIPE RIS) at scale requires dedicated data ingestion pipelines.
What it would actually take: The architecture requires an ingestion pipeline processing multi-gigabyte daily MRT BGP dump archives from RouteViews and RIPE RIS, streaming them into a specialized time-series or graph database like ClickHouse or PostgreSQL. The challenging part is efficiently querying full internet routing tables and historical AS-path graphs over time without prohibitive latency and storage costs. It requires network engineering and large-scale data engineering expertise.
Discussion
12 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: bgp.tools, bgproutes.io, bgp.he.net, radar.qrator.net, BGPalerter
Concerns raised: Pricing model unclear against free alternatives, Most links broken, incomplete demo, Requires Google sign-up just to try, Free account tier non-functional, No clear competitive advantage over existing free tools
Feature requests: Real-time BGP change monitoring for specific ASNs, Mobile/phone compatibility, Video demonstrations of functionality
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 123 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #48 of 124 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 70 days after the earliest competitor.
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