# brendangregg/bpf-perf-tools-book

Official repository for the BPF Performance Tools book

Repository: https://github.com/brendangregg/bpf-perf-tools-book
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bpf-perf-tools-book
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-04-30T11:20:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2669, "days_push": 855, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1825, forks 305 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.287477+00:00)

## What it is
The official companion repository for the book 'BPF Performance Tools: Linux and Application Observability', containing the eBPF tools, updated versions, and exercise solutions from the book. The tools are deliberately short textbook examples for Linux system and application observability using BPF, BCC, and bpftrace.

## Use cases
- learn eBPF performance tools on Linux
- trace kernel and application events with bpftrace
- find exercise solutions for the BPF performance tools book
- get updated versions of book tools for newer kernels
- study Linux observability with BCC tools

## When to choose
- you are reading the BPF Performance Tools book and want its code
- you want short, educational eBPF tracing examples
- you need updated book tools for newer Linux kernels

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade, feature-rich BPF tools - use BCC or bpftrace repositories instead
- you want actively developed tooling beyond the book's scope
- you need a licensed, supported software project - the repo has no license

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, tracing, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, performance, operating-systems, tutorials
- platform: python, cli
- tags: bpf, ebpf, bpftrace, bcc, observability, book-companion, performance-analysis, kernel-tracing, linux

## Member repositories
- brendangregg/bpf-perf-tools-book (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.287477+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:19:40.969987+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brendangregg/bpf-perf-tools-book (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.287477+00:00, sha a83f3b4ace42)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.