inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget
Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 19.5
- age_days: 2696
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 35
Adoption not part of the score
2913 stars · 374 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. It packages eBPF programs as OCI images called Gadgets and provides CLI, client-server, and embeddable Go library modes with automatic Kubernetes/container enrichment.
Use cases
- debug network connections in kubernetes pods
- trace syscalls in containers with ebpf
- monitor file access on linux hosts
- export ebpf metrics to prometheus
- profile cpu usage in kubernetes cluster
- inspect container performance issues
- package and share ebpf programs as oci images
When to choose
- you need eBPF-based observability on Kubernetes or Linux hosts
- you want container/Kubernetes-aware enrichment of kernel-level data
- you need to distribute eBPF programs as OCI images
- you want to export system data to Prometheus or other observability tools
When to avoid
- you are not on Linux or Kubernetes
- your kernel lacks eBPF/BTF support
- you need a GUI-only monitoring solution
- you cannot run privileged workloads in your cluster
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
monitoring tracing logging developer-tools monitoring cloud-computing self-hosted cli go ebpf observability kubernetes oci-images cncf system-inspection prometheus-exporter wasm containers devops linux docker
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget · fetched 2026-08-28 · 66330bbbc867
- homepage: https://www.inspektor-gadget.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6bf6d739f227
- site_page: https://inspektor-gadget.io/docs/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 55e6f26664b9
- site_page: https://www.inspektor-gadget.io/docs/latest/devel/contributing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 31b7c7978fc3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget | main | 99 |
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