Helicon vs The Network Tools

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Helicon compared with The Network Tools
Detail	Helicon	The Network Tools
What it does	Free, open-source desktop and web app for Meta's Muse Code CLI	Free network diagnostic tools for DNS, IP, email and SSL checks
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	IN	IN
Pricing model	Open source	Freemium
Pricing	Free, MIT licensed, no paid tier, no trial, no seats, no account. Runs on your existing Muse Code subscription.	Free plan: All 41 tools with unlimited checks, 3 saved domains with daily monitoring, 7 days of history. Pro plan: $29/month for 50 domains, scans every 6 hours, email, Slack, Telegram and webhook alerts, 12 months of history and API access.
Key features	Projects and sessions grouped by working directory and git worktrees Resume sessions including those started in the terminal TUI Inline diffs in the thread at the turn that produced them Every agent approval surfaced and never bypassed Cost tracking at published API rates per thread Full keyboard navigation with command palette File viewer with source, Markdown, image, video and PDF preview Remote daemon support for running the agent on another machine VS Code extension available Native Windows support with PowerShell	DNS Lookup - resolve A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME records Blacklist Checker - query 7 major DNS blocklists SSL/TLS Certificate Checker - verify certificate chain, expiry and protocol support Email Deliverability - check SPF, DKIM and DMARC records WHOIS Lookup - query domain registration details Reverse DNS (PTR) - check IP to hostname resolution Port Checker - test common HTTP/HTTPS ports BIMI Lookup - query BIMI TXT records Domain monitoring with automated scans Multi-channel alerts via email, Slack, Telegram and webhooks
What makes it different	No additional cost or billing on top of existing Muse Code subscription Credentials stay with the muse CLI, never stored by Helicon Native Windows support without requiring WSL MIT licensed open-source with no company behind it Sessions and approvals never bypassed or batched	41 tools all available free with unlimited checks Clear sourcing - every result shows its source and what was not tested Live DNS queries from edge servers via DNS-over-HTTPS Domain monitoring and alerts with affordable Pro plan at $29/month
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	11 −1 (down) since last check	5 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	14	6
Citation Flow (Majestic)	27	17
Referring domains (Majestic)	34	6

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