strace/strace
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strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux observed · 2026-09-29
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 79
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 63.5
- age_days: 4302
- days_rel: 63
- days_push: 35
- n_releases_24m: 11
Adoption not part of the score
2709 stars · 502 forks observed · 2026-09-29
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
strace is a diagnostic, debugging, and instructional userspace utility for Linux that traces system calls, signal deliveries, and process state changes via ptrace. It provides a traditional command-line interface for monitoring and tampering with interactions between processes and the Linux kernel.
Use cases
- trace system calls made by a program
- debug why a process is failing or hanging
- find out which files a program opens
- inspect signals delivered to a process
- learn how programs interact with the Linux kernel
- diagnose permission or missing-file errors
When to choose
- you need to see what system calls a Linux process makes
- you are debugging crashes, hangs, or file access issues on Linux
- you want a lightweight, standard syscall tracer without extra dependencies
When to avoid
- you need syscall tracing on non-Linux platforms (use dtruss/dtrace instead)
- you need application-level or source-level debugging rather than syscall-level
- you need low-overhead continuous production tracing (ptrace adds overhead)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
developer-tools monitoring tracing developer-tools operating-systems cli syscall-tracing ptrace debugging system-calls process-monitoring command-line linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/strace/strace · fetched 2026-09-29 · 0241f215cae0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| strace/strace | main | 90 |
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