GeoIP for Mac

$ curl https://ipapi.co/8.8.8.8/json/

What it’s for

Every public IP address is registered to a provider in some place. GeoIP looks an address up, or a hostname’s address, and shows its country, city, provider and network.

Use it when

• You want to know which provider and country an address belongs to.
• You want to see how the internet sees you: click My IP.
• You’re checking that a VPN puts you in the country it should.

Reading the result

Enter an address or a hostname and click Lookup, or click My IP for your own public address.

• Country, Region and City are where the address is registered. For a home connection that’s usually the provider’s region, not your street.
• ISP and Organization are who the address belongs to.
• AS Number is the provider’s network on the internet. Every address one provider uses shares it.
• Coordinates and Timezone come with the location, and are just as approximate. A map marks the spot.

What you might see

• A city far from where you are. Location databases often place an address where its provider’s equipment or office is. A VPN or iCloud Private Relay shows its exit location instead of yours.
• No location is known for this address. Private addresses such as 192.168.x.x exist only inside a network, so they have no location. See IP addresses.
• Too many requests. The location service limits how often it can be asked. Wait a minute and try again.

Options worth knowing

• Lookups go to ipapi.co, and to ipwho.is if the first one fails. Each one sends the address you asked about. See Permissions & Privacy.
• The menu bar item shows your public address and its country all the time, without opening this tool.

Related

• IP addresses, public and private.
• Whois, for who registered an address and how to contact them.
• Is my VPN working?