# pixie-io/pixie

Instant Kubernetes-Native Application Observability

Repository: https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixie
Homepage: https://px.dev
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, kubernetes, ebpf, vega, monitoring, gke, eks, aks, minikube, machine-learning, distributed-systems, px-run, pixie, px, cncf, metrics, observability, cloud-native, pandas, apache-arrow
Last push: 2026-07-30T23:00:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2380, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": 586, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6521, forks 499 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:44.875921+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, tracing, logging, analytics, data-visualization
- domain: monitoring, cloud-computing, microservices
- platform: self-hosted, cloud, cli
- tags: ebpf, kubernetes-observability, apm, pxl, cncf, edge-compute, auto-instrumentation, flame-graphs, service-mesh-debugging, devops, containers, kubernetes, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- pixie-io/pixie (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:44.875921+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 2026-08-29T17:44:25.520303+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:44.875921+00:00, sha 7d431af38fcb)
  - homepage: https://px.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.637888+00:00, sha fcb220c75d06)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.647996+00:00, sha fd37a3e4d097)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.649930+00:00, sha 658ad787abc0)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/about-pixie/how-pixie-works (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.651621+00:00, sha 460b5283d6d1)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/requirements (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.653236+00:00, sha cd059b19ed41)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/minikube-setup (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.655047+00:00, sha 31b287760f1b)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/eks-setup (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.656668+00:00, sha 7756e5cae33b)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/gke-setup (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.658327+00:00, sha 45e6cc68150e)
  - site_page: https://docs.px.dev/installing-pixie/install-guides/aks-setup (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:48.659902+00:00, sha 6a9bb6db438c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.