monasticacademy/httptap

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

httptap is a static Go CLI binary that shows the HTTP and HTTPS requests made by any Linux program by running it inside an isolated network namespace with a transparent interception layer. It requires no root, no daemon, and no system-wide changes like iptables or routing modifications.

Use cases

• see what HTTP requests a CLI tool makes
• debug which URLs a program contacts
• inspect HTTPS traffic of an arbitrary process without a proxy
• trace network calls made by a script or binary
• capture HTTP requests from python or curl without configuration
• audit outbound network activity of untrusted software

When to choose

• you need to observe HTTP/HTTPS traffic of a specific Linux process without root or system changes
• you want a zero-dependency static binary for quick network debugging
• you want per-process isolation so other running processes are unaffected

When to avoid

• you are on macOS, Windows, or BSD - it is Linux-only due to network namespace usage
• you need to inspect non-HTTP protocols or raw TCP traffic
• you need a GUI traffic inspector or browser devtools-style experience
• your distro restricts unprivileged user namespaces and you cannot change sysctls

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

http-client networking developer-tools security proxy networking developer-tools security cli go http-debugging network-namespace man-in-the-middle gvisor tun-device traffic-inspection static-binary command-line linux

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