NetKit

A tiny Windows tray app for quick network checks. It runs in the system tray and pops open with a global hotkey.

Features

• HTTP GET/POST with headers and body
• SSL/TLS certificate details and expiry
• Redirect chain viewer
• DNS lookups (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, PTR)
• Integrated terminal (PowerShell, Command Prompt, WSL)

Download & Run

• Windows 10/11.
• Download the latest Release ZIP, extract, and run NetKit.exe.
• A tray icon appears. Press Win + ' (apostrophe) to show/hide the window or double click the tray icon.
• To stop the app just right-click the tray icon and click on Close.

Notes

• Settings are saved to %AppData%\\NetKit\\settings.json.

Build From Source

• Prerequisite: .NET 8 SDK.
• Restore/build: dotnet restore then dotnet build -c Release.

Optional single-file build (can be larger and slower to start for WPF):

• dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true