# solo-io/bumblebee

Get eBPF programs running from the cloud to the kernel in 1 line of bash

Repository: https://github.com/solo-io/bumblebee
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/solo-io-bumblebee
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-04-17T19:51:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 30/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 17, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1763, "days_push": 503, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1303, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.379530+00:00)

## What it is
BumbleBee is a CLI tool ('bee') that builds, runs, and distributes eBPF programs as OCI images, automatically generating the userspace components to expose program data as metrics or logs. It lets developers focus on writing eBPF C code while handling packaging and distribution from cloud registries to the Linux kernel.

## Use cases
- run an eBPF program with a single command
- package eBPF programs as OCI images
- build and distribute eBPF observability probes
- monitor TCP connections with eBPF
- auto-generate metrics and logs from eBPF programs
- share eBPF tools via container registries

## When to choose
- you want to write eBPF programs without building userspace plumbing yourself
- you need to distribute eBPF programs as OCI images
- you want quick kernel-level observability on Linux

## When to avoid
- you are not on Linux (eBPF requires kernel support)
- you need full low-level control over eBPF loading and userspace integration
- you need a cross-platform observability agent

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, logging, container-runtime, cli
- domain: developer-tools, monitoring, cloud-computing, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: ebpf, oci-images, kernel-observability, cilium-ebpf, solo-io, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- solo-io/bumblebee (main) score 30

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.379530+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 2026-08-30T04:51:13.961248+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/solo-io/bumblebee (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.379530+00:00, sha 86e8b7b3a686)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.