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I use ipinfo.io mostly to see my own public facing IP address and for me, it's 2 reasons:

- I somehow can remember that domain. I don't have to google "my ip" and dig through weird domains that change all the time

- The design is clean and simple. Not too many information, no ads, loads fast.

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I prefer (and operate) https://wtfismyip.com/

Thank you for operating this one!! It's the only one I use :)

I even think I embedded it in a PoC software I made in a previous company :)

I love your site. /text is great too.

For someone looking for a simple CLI option to get your remote IPv4, you can use the following:

    dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

In my case, I have a ip_remote.fish file in my $HOME/.config/fish/functions folder which defines an ip_remote function that executes the line above.

As an added bonus, you can get all local IPv4 with:

    ifconfig | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p'

Curl ipinfo.io seems simpler, and provides a lot more information! If you do just want the ip then curl ipinfo.io/ip

When I google “my ip”, I get a onebox showing me my IP. Dose that not appear in your search results?

Ok have a look at canihazip.com then! Love it!

Or the super easy to remember http://ip4.me (ip6.me is a thing too)

Google gives you your IPv6, but ipinfo only supports IPv4 – which can be useful sometimes.

Like this [1]? These custom results are usually limited to some countries. Like when you search for "color picker" [2] and "bubble level" [3] on mobile. Google is known for testing these features in their services in specific locations so I wouldn't be surprised if people from other countries cannot see them.

[1] http://i.imgur.com/gVFAMhz.png

[2] http://i.imgur.com/JGVNDMN.png

[3] http://i.imgur.com/As7Dp2p.png

German Google, no. Also not when writing it in German.

Strange, both google.com and google.de show a info box with my IP for the query "my ip" for me (from Germany). Does not work with "meine IP" but that is more to type anyways.

Mobile or desktop?

I often use:

  curl curlmyip.org

As a Linux user, I mostly go for 'curl ifconfig.co' ;)

Curl ipinfo.io gives you a lot more information!

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