JakWai01/lurk
A pretty (simple) alternative to strace. observed · 2026-10-18
Health v2 · maintenance only
73/100
- Activity 70
- Release rhythm 61
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 51.5
- age_days: 1619
- days_rel: 183
- days_push: 183
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
1159 stars · 44 forks observed · 2026-10-18
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
lurk is a Rust-based command-line tool that traces system calls of a process or command, serving as a simpler, prettier alternative to strace. It supports an opinionated subset of strace flags, colorized formatted output, and JSON output for further processing.
Use cases
- trace system calls of a command
- attach to a running process and trace its syscalls
- get JSON syscall output for processing with jq
- summarize syscall activity instead of full trace
- filter syscalls to only successful or failed ones
- trace child processes as they are forked
When to choose
- you want a modern, colorized, user-friendly strace replacement
- you need machine-readable syscall traces in JSON format
- you only need the most common strace use cases
When to avoid
- you need full strace flag compatibility or advanced tracing features
- you are not on Linux
- you need production-grade tracing with minimal overhead
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
developer-tools cli tracing developer-tools operating-systems cli rust strace-alternative syscall-tracing debugging process-tracing command-line linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/JakWai01/lurk · fetched 2026-10-18 · 56c7f12104ae
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| JakWai01/lurk | main | 73 |
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