pixie-io/pixie
Instant Kubernetes-Native Application Observability observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 40
- 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: 7
- age_days: 2380
- days_rel: 586
- days_push: 34
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
6521 stars · 499 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pixie is an open-source, Kubernetes-native observability platform that uses eBPF to auto-instrument applications, collecting telemetry like full-body requests, metrics, logs, and profiles without code changes. Data is stored and queried in-cluster via its Pythonic PxL query language, accessible through a UI, CLI, and APIs.
Use cases
- monitor kubernetes cluster health and service maps
- trace full-body http requests without code instrumentation
- profile applications with flame graphs
- debug database query performance
- monitor network traffic between pods
- run pxl scripts to debug kubernetes apps as code
- analyze golang application logs and metrics
When to choose
- you need deep, auto-instrumented observability for kubernetes workloads on linux nodes
- you want telemetry kept in-cluster for privacy or cost reasons
- you prefer scriptable, code-driven debugging with a pythonic query language
When to avoid
- your cluster runs on gke autopilot, eks fargate, or other environments without eBPF support
- you need windows or non-linux node monitoring
- you run kubernetes inside docker containers (kind, k3d, docker driver)
Facets
application · maturity active
monitoring tracing logging analytics data-visualization monitoring cloud-computing microservices self-hosted cloud cli ebpf kubernetes-observability apm pxl cncf edge-compute auto-instrumentation flame-graphs service-mesh-debugging devops containers kubernetes linux docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7d431af38fcb
- homepage: https://px.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · fcb220c75d06
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · fd37a3e4d097
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides · fetched 2026-08-29 · 658ad787abc0
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/about-pixie/how-pixie-works · fetched 2026-08-29 · 460b5283d6d1
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/requirements · fetched 2026-08-29 · cd059b19ed41
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/minikube-setup · fetched 2026-08-29 · 31b287760f1b
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/eks-setup · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7756e5cae33b
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/gke-setup · fetched 2026-08-29 · 45e6cc68150e
- site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/aks-setup · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6a9bb6db438c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pixie-io/pixie | main | 77 |
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