Show HN: LagScope – a speed test for gamers (lag spikes, jitter, bufferbloat)

Category: observability

Tags: network-diagnostics, gaming, latency, udp, webrtc, bufferbloat

Score: 6.7/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

LagScope is a browser-based connection diagnostics tool tailored for gamers, measuring latency, jitter, packet loss, and bufferbloat using real UDP traffic (WebRTC) at 30 Hz. It provides timestamped evidence of lag spikes and outages, generates ISP-ready reports, and includes a public leaderboard ranking ISPs by connection stability.

Target audience: gamers, network engineers, ISP customers, and support technicians

Repository: https://lagscope.com/

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