diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c2236568c..edcea6e87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2328,7 +2328,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "derive_more",
  "hex-literal",
  "indexmap",
- "ipnetwork",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "mockall",
  "nix",
@@ -2340,13 +2339,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "test-case",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "trippy-packet",
  "trippy-privilege",
- "tun",
+ "trippy-sim",
  "widestring",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
@@ -2386,6 +2384,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "trippy-sim"
+version = "0.14.0-dev"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "ipnetwork",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "toml",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "trippy-core",
+ "trippy-packet",
+ "trippy-privilege",
+ "tun",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "trippy-tui"
 version = "0.14.0-dev"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c014307b2..bfb842b69 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
   "crates/trippy-packet",
   "crates/trippy-privilege",
   "crates/trippy-dns",
+  "crates/trippy-sim",
   "examples/*",
 ]
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ trippy-core = { version = "0.14.0-dev", path = "crates/trippy-core" }
 trippy-privilege = { version = "0.14.0-dev", path = "crates/trippy-privilege" }
 trippy-dns = { version = "0.14.0-dev", path = "crates/trippy-dns" }
 trippy-packet = { version = "0.14.0-dev", path = "crates/trippy-packet" }
+trippy-sim = { version = "0.14.0-dev", path = "crates/trippy-sim" }
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
 arrayvec = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false }
 bitflags = "2.10.0"
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ cast_precision_loss = "allow"
 bool_assert_comparison = "allow"
 missing_const_for_fn = "allow"
 struct_field_names = "allow"
+missing_panics_doc = "allow"
 cognitive_complexity = "allow"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6e8a2ab23..b42744b83 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/crates/trippy-core/src
 RUN mkdir -p /app/crates/trippy-dns/src
 RUN mkdir -p /app/crates/trippy-packet/src
 RUN mkdir -p /app/crates/trippy-privilege/src
+RUN mkdir -p /app/crates/trippy-sim/src
 COPY crates/trippy/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy/Cargo.toml
 COPY crates/trippy-tui/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy-tui/Cargo.toml
 COPY crates/trippy-core/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy-core/Cargo.toml
 COPY crates/trippy-dns/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy-dns/Cargo.toml
 COPY crates/trippy-packet/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy-packet/Cargo.toml
 COPY crates/trippy-privilege/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy-privilege/Cargo.toml
+COPY crates/trippy-sim/Cargo.toml /app/crates/trippy-sim/Cargo.toml
 COPY examples/ /app/examples/
 
 # dummy build to cache dependencies
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ RUN touch /app/crates/trippy-core/src/lib.rs
 RUN touch /app/crates/trippy-dns/src/lib.rs
 RUN touch /app/crates/trippy-packet/src/lib.rs
 RUN touch /app/crates/trippy-privilege/src/lib.rs
+RUN touch /app/crates/trippy-sim/src/lib.rs
 RUN cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --package trippy
 
 # copy the actual application code and build
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/trippy-core/Cargo.toml
index 0f60b3260..d29f24210 100644
--- a/crates/trippy-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/trippy-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,22 +34,17 @@ widestring.workspace = true
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = ["Win32_Foundation", "Win32_Networking_WinSock", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_NetworkManagement_IpHelper", "Win32_NetworkManagement_Ndis", "Win32_System_IO", "Win32_System_Threading", "Win32_Security"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+trippy-sim.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 hex-literal.workspace = true
-ipnetwork.workspace = true
 mockall.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 test-case.workspace = true
-tokio-util.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 toml = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["parse"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
 
-# see https://github.com/meh/rust-tun/pull/74
-[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))'.dev-dependencies]
-tun = { workspace = true, features = ["async"] }
-
 [features]
 # Enable simulation integration tests
 sim-tests = []
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tests.rs b/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim.rs
similarity index 78%
rename from crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tests.rs
rename to crates/trippy-core/tests/sim.rs
index 7d6562645..26dfcdc72 100644
--- a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-use crate::simulation::Simulation;
-use crate::tun_device::tun;
-use crate::{network, tracer};
+#![cfg(all(
+    feature = "sim-tests",
+    any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows")
+))]
+#![allow(clippy::needless_pass_by_value, clippy::redundant_clone)]
+
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, OnceLock};
 use test_case::test_case;
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
-use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
+use trippy_sim::Simulation;
 
 /// The maximum number of attempts for each test.
 const MAX_ATTEMPTS: usize = 5;
@@ -17,7 +20,9 @@ pub fn runtime() -> &'static Arc<Mutex<Runtime>> {
     RUNTIME.get_or_init(|| {
         tracing_subscriber::fmt()
             .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
-            .with_env_filter("trippy=off,sim=debug")
+            .with_env_filter(
+                "sim=debug,trippy_sim::tracer=debug,trippy_sim::network=debug,trippy_core=info",
+            )
             .init();
 
         let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn runtime() -> &'static Arc<Mutex<Runtime>> {
 
 macro_rules! sim {
     ($path:expr) => {{
-        let data = include_str!(concat!("../resources/simulation/", $path));
+        let data = include_str!(concat!("resources/simulation/", $path));
         toml::from_str(data)?
     }};
 }
@@ -63,7 +68,6 @@ fn test_simulation_macos(simulation: Simulation) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 fn run_simulation_with_retry(simulation: Simulation) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let runtime = runtime().lock().unwrap();
-    let simulation = Arc::new(simulation);
     let name = simulation.name.clone();
     if !trippy_privilege::Privilege::discover()?.has_privileges() {
         // Skip if the current test as the user cannot create a tun device.
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ fn run_simulation_with_retry(simulation: Simulation) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
     for attempt in 1..=MAX_ATTEMPTS {
         info!("start simulating {} [attempt #{}]", name, attempt);
-        if let Err(err) = runtime.block_on(run_simulation(simulation.clone())) {
+        if let Err(err) = runtime.block_on(trippy_sim::simulate(simulation.clone())) {
             error!("failed simulating {} {} [attempt #{}]", name, err, attempt);
         } else {
             info!("end simulating {} [attempt #{}]", name, attempt);
@@ -81,11 +85,3 @@ fn run_simulation_with_retry(simulation: Simulation) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
     anyhow::bail!("failed simulating {name} after {MAX_ATTEMPTS} attempts")
 }
-
-async fn run_simulation(sim: Arc<Simulation>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let tun = tun();
-    let token = CancellationToken::new();
-    let handle = tokio::spawn(network::run(tun.clone(), sim.clone(), token.clone()));
-    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || tracer::Tracer::new(sim, token).trace()).await??;
-    handle.await?
-}
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/main.rs b/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 77134fdb2..000000000
--- a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#![cfg(all(
-    feature = "sim-tests",
-    any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows")
-))]
-mod network;
-mod simulation;
-mod tests;
-mod tracer;
-mod tun_device;
diff --git a/crates/trippy-sim/Cargo.toml b/crates/trippy-sim/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c92a30274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+[package]
+name = "trippy-sim"
+description = "A network simulator for Trippy"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+readme.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+keywords.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+trippy-core.workspace = true
+trippy-packet.workspace = true
+trippy-privilege.workspace = true
+anyhow.workspace = true
+clap.workspace = true
+ipnetwork.workspace = true
+serde = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+tokio-util.workspace = true
+toml = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["parse"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"] }
+tracing.workspace = true
+
+# see https://github.com/meh/rust-tun/pull/74
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
+tun = { workspace = true, features = ["async"] }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/trippy-sim/src/app.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/app.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3c3fa902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/src/app.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#![cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows"))]
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use clap::Parser;
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
+use trippy_privilege::Privilege;
+use trippy_sim::{Simulation, simulate};
+
+/// Trace a route to a host and record statistics
+#[allow(clippy::doc_markdown)]
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(name = "trip", author, version, about, long_about = None, arg_required_else_help(true))]
+pub struct Args {
+    /// A simulation file to run.
+    pub simulation: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn run() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NONE)
+        .with_env_filter("debug")
+        .init();
+    if !Privilege::discover()?.has_privileges() {
+        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Privileges required to run this command"));
+    }
+    let simulation_file =
+        std::fs::read_to_string(&args.simulation).context(args.simulation.clone())?;
+    let sim: Simulation = toml::from_str(&simulation_file)?;
+    simulate(sim).await
+}
diff --git a/crates/trippy-sim/src/lib.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c526a6f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#![cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows"))]
+
+mod network;
+mod simulation;
+mod tracer;
+mod tun_device;
+
+use crate::tun_device::tun;
+pub use simulation::Simulation;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+
+/// Run a simulation.
+pub async fn simulate(simulation: Simulation) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let sim = Arc::new(simulation);
+    let tun = tun();
+    let token = CancellationToken::new();
+    let handle = tokio::spawn(network::run(tun.clone(), sim.clone(), token.clone()));
+    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || tracer::Tracer::new(sim.clone(), token).trace()).await??;
+    handle.await?
+}
diff --git a/crates/trippy-sim/src/main.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96668cfc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mod app;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows"))]
+    app::run().await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/network.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/network.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/network.rs
rename to crates/trippy-sim/src/network.rs
index 547cf01cd..bfe97e2d1 100644
--- a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/network.rs
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/src/network.rs
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ pub async fn run(
             }
         }
 
-        // if the ttl is greater than the largest ttl in our sim we will reply as the last node in
-        // the sim
+        // if the ttl is greater than the largest ttl in our simulation we will reply as the last node in
+        // the simulation
         let index = std::cmp::min(usize::from(ipv4.get_ttl()) - 1, sim.hops.len() - 1);
         let (reply_addr, reply_delay_ms) = match sim.hops[index].resp {
             Response::NoResponse => {
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/simulation.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/simulation.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/simulation.rs
rename to crates/trippy-sim/src/simulation.rs
index 0edf913b4..d9c7970a0 100644
--- a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/simulation.rs
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/src/simulation.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::net::IpAddr;
 use trippy_core::Port;
 
 /// A simulated trace.
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Simulation {
     pub name: String,
     pub rounds: Option<usize>,
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ pub struct Simulation {
 }
 
 impl Simulation {
-    pub fn latest_ttl(&self) -> u8 {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub(crate) fn latest_ttl(&self) -> u8 {
         if self.hops.is_empty() {
             0
         } else {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ impl Simulation {
 }
 
 /// A simulated hop.
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Hop {
     /// The simulated time-to-live (TTL).
     pub ttl: u8,
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ pub struct Hop {
 }
 
 /// A simulated probe response.
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "tag")]
 pub enum Response {
     /// Simulate a hop which does not response to probes.
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ pub enum Response {
 }
 
 /// A simulated probe response with a single addr and fixed ttl.
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SingleHost {
     /// The simulated host responding to the probe.
     pub addr: IpAddr,
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tracer.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/tracer.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tracer.rs
rename to crates/trippy-sim/src/tracer.rs
index 2cee44b6b..4235b2203 100644
--- a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tracer.rs
+++ b/crates/trippy-sim/src/tracer.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use trippy_core::{
 };
 
 // The length of time to wait after the completion of the tracing before
-// cancelling the network simulator.  This is needed to ensure that all
+// canceling the network simulator.  This is needed to ensure that all
 // in-flight packets for the current test are sent or received prior to
 // ending the round so that they are not incorrectly used in a subsequent
 // test.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl Tracer {
             .map_err(anyhow::Error::from);
         thread::sleep(CLEANUP_DELAY);
         self.token.cancel();
-        // ensure both the tracer and the validator were successful.
+        // ensure both the tracer and the validation were successful.
         tracer_res.and(result.replace(Ok(())))
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tun_device.rs b/crates/trippy-sim/src/tun_device.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/trippy-core/tests/sim/tun_device.rs
rename to crates/trippy-sim/src/tun_device.rs