{"adoption": {"forks": 568, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "stars": 6155}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pspy", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "cli-tool", "description": "Monitor linux processes without root permissions", "domain": ["security", "penetration-testing", "operating-systems"], "enriched": true, "function": ["monitoring", "security", "cli"], "health_score": 62, "homepage": null, "language": "Go", "license": "GPL-3.0", "license_family": "copyleft", "maturity": "stable", "member_repos": ["DominicBreuker/pspy"], "name": "DominicBreuker/pspy", "platform": ["cli"], "pushed_at": "2026-03-01T09:06:16+00:00", "repo": "DominicBreuker/pspy", "stars": 6155, "tags": ["privesc", "ctf", "process-monitoring", "procfs", "inotify", "pentesting", "enumeration", "command-line", "linux"], "topics": ["ctf", "pentesting", "privesc", "enumeration", "golang", "security"], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["monitor linux processes without root", "find cron jobs running on a server", "enumerate a ctf box for privesc opportunities", "catch short-lived processes other users run", "demonstrate why passing secrets as cli arguments is unsafe", "discover scheduled tasks during pentesting"], "what_it_is": "pspy is a command line tool that snoops on Linux processes without root permissions by combining procfs scans with inotify watchers to catch short-lived processes. It reveals commands run by other users, such as cron jobs, making it popular for CTF enumeration and privilege escalation discovery.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need root-level process auditing or syscall tracing (use auditd or strace)", "you are on a non-linux platform", "you need persistent monitoring with alerting rather than ad-hoc snooping"], "when_to_choose": ["you need unprivileged visibility into other users' processes on linux", "you are doing ctf or pentest privilege escalation enumeration", "you want a static binary that runs anywhere without dependencies"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/pspy", "repo": "DominicBreuker/pspy", "role": "main", "score": 54}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-29T17:47:30.266798+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "f0a4a5089189260f0a3d93e46983e0d75c910c0c7a66588af9eb4a6d734410b6", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:09:36.677786+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/DominicBreuker/pspy"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 70, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 8}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": [], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 3128, "days_push": 185, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}, "score": 54, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}