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a2o/snoopy

Snoopy Command Logger is a small library that logs all program executions on your Linux/BSD system. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/a2o/snoopy · C · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

55/100

  • Activity 71
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5005
  • days_rel: 678
  • days_push: 179
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1289 stars · 159 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Snoopy is a small C library that logs every program execution on Linux/BSD systems, typically via a shared library loaded through the dynamic linker. It emits execution events to syslog or other configured outputs for auditing and monitoring.

Use cases

  • log all commands executed on a linux server
  • audit user shell activity
  • track program executions for security monitoring
  • record who ran what command on a shared system
  • capture command history for compliance
  • monitor exec calls system-wide

When to choose

  • you need system-wide command execution logging on Linux or BSD
  • you want lightweight audit logging via syslog without a full SIEM agent
  • you need to trace which processes and arguments were run on a host

When to avoid

  • you need tamper-proof audit logging (it can be bypassed and is not a security boundary)
  • you are on Windows or macOS
  • you need full process telemetry beyond exec events

Facets

library · maturity stable

logging monitoring security security monitoring operating-systems developer-tools bsd c command-logger audit execve-wrapper system-monitoring ld-preload linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
a2o/snoopymain55

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