# Test Your Internet Speed from the Linux Terminal with fast

DevFeed: [Test Your Internet Speed from the Linux Terminal with fast](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/test-your-internet-speed-from-the-linux-terminal-with-fast-10533.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/fast-internet-test-cli/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2023-02-05T15:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Utility Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/utility.md>), [Netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netflix.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [dependency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency.md>), [download](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/download.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netflix.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>), [utilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/utilities.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use the fast open-source utility to run FAST.com Internet speed tests from the Linux terminal on machines without a browser. It covers downloading the binary, making it executable, and running a speed test.

## Source excerpt

What is FAST.com? FAST.com is speed test gives you an estimate of your current Internet speed. It was created by Netflix to bring transparency to your upload / download speeds and to see if your ISP may be prioritizing traffic.I've run this quite a bit in a browser to do a quick spot check or my speeds, but I've never had a great tool to check this from some of my Linux machines. Let me clari...