# cloudflare/ebpf_exporter

Prometheus exporter for custom eBPF metrics

Repository: https://github.com/cloudflare/ebpf_exporter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ebpf_exporter
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ebpf, linux-kernel, performance, tracing, prometheus, prometheus-exporter, bpf, libbpf
Last push: 2026-08-24T18:12:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 41, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3054, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 393, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2639, forks 282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.404107+00:00)

## What it is
A Prometheus exporter that runs custom eBPF programs to expose Linux kernel metrics not otherwise accessible, built on libbpf. It also supports exporting OpenTelemetry-compatible traces from eBPF.

## Use cases
- export custom eBPF metrics to Prometheus
- monitor block I/O latency like biolatency
- trace process execution from the kernel
- collect kernel performance counters in Grafana
- observe kernel events without kernel modules
- export eBPF traces to OpenTelemetry

## When to choose
- you need kernel-level metrics Prometheus can't scrape otherwise
- you're comfortable writing eBPF programs and want them exposed as metrics
- you run Linux servers and want bcc-tools-style observability in Prometheus

## When to avoid
- you're not on Linux (eBPF is Linux-only)
- you only need standard system metrics available from node_exporter
- you can't grant privileged kernel access to the exporter

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, tracing
- domain: monitoring, performance, operating-systems
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: ebpf, prometheus-exporter, libbpf, opentelemetry, kernel-metrics, observability, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- cloudflare/ebpf_exporter (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.404107+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 2026-08-30T02:19:09.229779+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cloudflare/ebpf_exporter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.404107+00:00, sha a9b0b51b90eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.