# solo-io/squash

The debugger for microservices

Repository: https://github.com/solo-io/squash
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/squash
Homepage: https://squash.solo.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-06-09T15:25:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3308, "days_push": 1546, "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 1766, forks 102 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.521445+00:00)

## What it is
Squash is an open-source debugger for microservice applications running on Kubernetes, bridging containers/pods/services to IDEs and terminals. It lets developers set breakpoints, step through code, and inspect or modify variables across distributed services without modifying the applications.

## Use cases
- debug microservices running in kubernetes
- set breakpoints in a container in a pod
- step through code across multiple microservices
- inspect and modify variable values at runtime in k8s
- debug a kubernetes service from my IDE
- troubleshoot distributed application state across nodes

## When to choose
- you debug microservices deployed on Kubernetes and want real-time interactive debugging
- you need breakpoint/step-through debugging across multiple services rather than passive tracing
- you want to attach debuggers to containers without modifying application code

## When to avoid
- your workloads run outside Kubernetes
- you only need post-mortem analysis via logs or distributed tracing
- you need a debugger for a language or IDE Squash does not support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, microservices, cloud-computing
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: debugger, kubernetes, microservices, ide-integration, distributed-debugging, debugging, containers

## Member repositories
- solo-io/squash (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.521445+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 2026-08-30T03:26:35.661527+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/solo-io/squash (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.521445+00:00, sha 4025a70459eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.