eldadru/ksniff
Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wireshark observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2999
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 761
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3473 stars · 212 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ksniff is a kubectl plugin that starts remote packet captures on Kubernetes pods by uploading a static tcpdump binary and streaming the output to local Wireshark. It enables network traffic analysis of any pod with minimal impact on running workloads.
Use cases
- capture network traffic from a kubernetes pod
- debug microservice network issues with wireshark
- sniff packets on a container in a k8s cluster
- save pod tcpdump capture to a local file
- troubleshoot network connectivity between services in kubernetes
When to choose
- you need to inspect network traffic of a specific pod in a Kubernetes cluster
- you want Wireshark-level packet analysis without installing tcpdump in your containers
- you're debugging microservice communication issues in Kubernetes
When to avoid
- you need a production-hardened tool for live production workloads - the project itself says it isn't production ready
- you're not running Kubernetes or don't have kubectl access
- you need persistent traffic monitoring rather than on-demand captures
Facets
plugin · maturity active
networking developer-tools cli networking developer-tools cli windows go kubectl-plugin packet-capture tcpdump wireshark network-debugging krew kubernetes debugging containers linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff · fetched 2026-08-28 · 208a4a38d487
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| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| eldadru/ksniff | main | 23 |
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