skydive-project/skydive
An open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
42/100
- Activity 42
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3970
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 348
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2796 stars · 414 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Skydive is an open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer that captures network topology and traffic flows across hosts, VMs, and containers. Agents forward topology and flow data to a central analyzer backed by Elasticsearch, queryable via a Gremlin-based language, REST/WebSocket APIs, a web UI, and a CLI.
Use cases
- troubleshoot network connectivity in OpenStack or Kubernetes environments
- visualize real-time network topology across hosts and containers
- capture and analyze network flows between VMs and containers
- monitor interface metrics and detect abnormal traffic
- follow a flow along its path through the topology
- validate network deployments in CI pipelines
- query historical topology changes to debug past incidents
When to choose
- you need distributed, real-time visibility into network topology and flows across cloud or container infrastructure
- you want a single static binary that is easy to deploy with a web UI, CLI, and REST API
- you use SDN or cloud platforms like OpenStack, Kubernetes, Docker, or OpenContrail and need topology enrichment
- you need historical topology and flow data stored in Elasticsearch with Grafana integration
When to avoid
- you only need simple packet capture on a single host (use tcpdump or Wireshark instead)
- you need lightweight host-level metrics monitoring without topology analysis (use Prometheus instead)
- you require a managed SaaS solution rather than self-hosted infrastructure
- your environment is not Linux-based, since Skydive relies on Linux networking features like netlink, netns, and eBPF
Facets
application · maturity active
monitoring networking analytics alerting tracing networking monitoring cloud-computing go self-hosted cli network-topology flow-analysis packet-capture sdn packet-sniffer ebpf elasticsearch gremlin openstack grafana containers devops linux docker kubernetes web-server
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/skydive-project/skydive · fetched 2026-08-28 · 91b164a33cf5
- homepage: https://skydive.network · fetched 2026-08-29 · 737b42b57414
- site_page: https://skydive.network/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · f9f2779cec12
- site_page: https://skydive.network/documentation/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1ff453e472d2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| skydive-project/skydive | main | 42 |
For agents
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