🦁 About IP Animals
IP Animals is the internet's "IP zoo" — an independent, privacy-first directory of the animal-themed "what's my IP address?" websites scattered across the web, from famous classics like IP Chicken and IP Monkey to rarer creatures. Alongside the directory we publish in-depth networking guides and a growing set of free, browser-based network tools.
What you'll find here
- The zoo — a catalogue of animal IP-checker sites, organised by habitat, plus your own public IPv4 and IPv6 address looked up privately in your browser.
- Network Tools — 50+ utilities: subnet and CIDR calculators, IPv4/IPv6 converters, DNS and RDAP lookups, hash and password generators, and handy references.
- Learn — 50+ plain-English guides to IP addresses, networking, the history of the internet, and the story of the animal IP websites themselves.
Our approach
We care about getting things right. Our guides stick to well-established facts and use careful, honest language — especially for the loosely-documented history of the animal IP sites, where we describe the phenomenon rather than invent dates or details. Our tools are built to be correct: the calculators are tested against known values, and the pages tell you plainly whether a tool runs entirely in your browser or calls a third-party service.
Independent, and not the owner
IP Animals is an independent project. We do not own, operate, or speak for the third-party animal sites we link to — each belongs to its own keeper. Brand names and domains belong to their respective owners and are listed here for reference and for the fun of cataloguing the small web. See our disclaimer for details.
Privacy first
IP Animals is a static site. We don't run our own analytics, set tracking cookies, or store your IP address. Your IP and location are looked up directly in your browser, and our client-side tools keep your input on your device. Read the full privacy policy.
How it's built
The whole thing is plain HTML, CSS and vanilla JavaScript — no frameworks, no build step, no tracking circus. It's a small-web project in the spirit of the very sites it celebrates: fast, single-purpose, and made for the joy of it. It's open source and community-maintained; if you run an animal IP site, spot a broken link, or want to add a tool or guide, contributions are welcome via pull request.