# monasticacademy/httptap

View HTTP/HTTPS requests made by any Linux program

Repository: https://github.com/monasticacademy/httptap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/httptap
Homepage: https://www.monasticacademy.org
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gvisor, linux-network-namespace, man-in-the-middle, networking, tun-device, monastery
Last push: 2026-06-15T21:11:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 40, longevity 49
- inputs: {"age_days": 687, "days_push": 79, "days_rel": 553, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4176, forks 65 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:38.239179+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, networking, developer-tools, security, proxy
- domain: networking, developer-tools, security
- platform: cli, go
- tags: http-debugging, network-namespace, man-in-the-middle, gvisor, tun-device, traffic-inspection, static-binary, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- monasticacademy/httptap (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.239179+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 2026-08-29T18:22:41.760185+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/monasticacademy/httptap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.239179+00:00, sha 809ee721419e)
  - homepage: https://www.monasticacademy.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:14.124634+00:00, sha 0b62fba62266)
  - site_page: https://www.monasticacademy.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:14.134488+00:00, sha f0f59fadd116)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.