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subtrace/subtrace

Network inspector for your backend observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/subtrace/subtrace · homepage · Go · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

58/100

  • Activity 64
  • Release rhythm 50
  • Longevity 60
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: 0
  • age_days: 841
  • days_rel: 258
  • days_push: 217
  • n_releases_24m: 228

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3095 stars · 84 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Subtrace is a CLI tool that lets developers inspect HTTP requests hitting their backend servers by wrapping any command with `subtrace run`. It works with Docker, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes without code changes.

Use cases

  • inspect http requests to my backend server
  • debug api calls in local development
  • see incoming requests without adding logging code
  • monitor http traffic in docker containers
  • trace requests in kubernetes pods
  • tcpdump alternative for http

When to avoid

  • you need macOS support outside the private beta
  • you need full APM with metrics, traces, and dashboards rather than HTTP inspection
  • you need to inspect non-HTTP protocols

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

monitoring tracing logging developer-tools developer-tools backend monitoring apis cli self-hosted network-inspector http-debugging observability backend-debugging tcpdump-alternative devops linux docker kubernetes

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
subtrace/subtracemain58

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