dellis23/ispy
Monitor the output of terminals and processes. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3909
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3907
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1011 stars · 37 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
ispy is a Python CLI tool that uses ptrace to monitor and display the output of running terminals and processes by attaching to a given PID. It is a small experimental utility, not intended for production use.
Use cases
- watch the output of another user's terminal session
- monitor output of a backgrounded process
- debug what a running process is writing to its terminal
- observe terminal activity similar to strace
- spy on a process by PID
When to choose
- you need to see what a running process is writing to a terminal on Linux
- you want a quick ptrace-based alternative to strace for watching output
- you're doing a lightweight learning exercise about ptrace
When to avoid
- you need production-grade or mission-critical monitoring
- you're on macOS or an unsupported OS
- you can't tolerate the performance overhead of ptrace
- you need an actively maintained tool
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
monitoring cli developer-tools developer-tools operating-systems cli python ptrace terminal-monitoring process-debugging strace-like command-line linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/dellis23/ispy · fetched 2026-08-28 · bc6d4a58db3c
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ispy/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · ad06c6559d05
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dellis23/ispy | main | 32 |
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