# Starla - A reimplementation of the RIPE Atlas Software Probe
**URL:** https://forum.ripe.net/t/starla-a-reimplementation-of-the-ripe-atlas-software-probe/1632
**Category:** RIPE Atlas
**Created:** [9 April 2026 17:48 UTC](https://forum.ripe.net/t/starla-a-reimplementation-of-the-ripe-atlas-software-probe/1632 "2026-04-09T17:48:48Z")
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### Author:  [@ananthb](https://forum.ripe.net/u/ananthb)
#### Post date: [9 April 2026 17:48 UTC](https://forum.ripe.net/t/starla-a-reimplementation-of-the-ripe-atlas-software-probe/1632/1 "2026-04-09T17:48:49Z")
[starla](https://github.com/ananthb/starla) is my rewrite of the RIPE Atlas Software Probe in Rust. It’s a single self-contained static binary which implements all of the measurements that the original probe has in exactly the same way as the original probe. It is a drop-in replacement.
starla is cross-platform and has a tray applet for Desktop systems. There are headless variants as well. starla is packaged for Nix, Ubuntu, Fedora, Docker, MacOS, and Windows. Read starla documentation at [Starla - RIPE Atlas Software Probe](https://ananthb.github.io/starla).
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### Author:  [@sjh](https://forum.ripe.net/u/sjh)
#### Post date: [5 August 2026 07:13 UTC](https://forum.ripe.net/t/starla-a-reimplementation-of-the-ripe-atlas-software-probe/1632/2 "2026-08-05T07:13:18Z")
This is very cool, thanks for doing it. Runs well on NixOS. I have a question however - the old probe reported IPv4 as well as IPv6, Starla (so far) only seems to report IPv4. The host runs dual stack. Is this expected and/or do I just need to wait some time for it to show up? It’s been running since yesterday.