# 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

Repository: https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/inspektor-gadget
Homepage: https://www.inspektor-gadget.io
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kinvolk, kubernetes, bpf-programs, bpf, inspektor-gadget, cncf-project, ebpf, ebpf-programs, prometheus-exporter, prometheus-metrics
Last push: 2026-08-26T03:05:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2696, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 19.5, "n_releases_24m": 35}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2913, forks 374 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:29.343151+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, tracing, logging, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring, cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: cli, go
- tags: ebpf, observability, kubernetes, oci-images, cncf, system-inspection, prometheus-exporter, wasm, containers, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:29.343151+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 2026-08-30T07:34:13.315916+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:29.343151+00:00, sha 66330bbbc867)
  - homepage: https://www.inspektor-gadget.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:29.671529+00:00, sha 6bf6d739f227)
  - site_page: https://inspektor-gadget.io/docs/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:29.673860+00:00, sha 55e6f26664b9)
  - site_page: https://www.inspektor-gadget.io/docs/latest/devel/contributing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:29.675614+00:00, sha 31b7c7978fc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.