Sysdig
Linux system exploration and troubleshooting tool with first class support for containers observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 77
- Release rhythm 68
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 12
- age_days: 4613
- days_rel: 216
- days_push: 142
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
8289 stars · 753 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Sysdig is a Linux system exploration and troubleshooting tool that captures system calls and OS events at the kernel level, with native support for containers. It includes csysdig, a customizable curses-based UI, and can save trace files for later analysis, similar to tcpdump for system activity.
Use cases
- troubleshoot what a process is doing on a Linux server
- inspect system calls inside Docker containers without instrumenting them
- capture system activity to a trace file and analyze it later
- replace strace, tcpdump, htop, and lsof with one consistent tool
- investigate container performance and network issues
- explore live system state with an interactive terminal UI
When to choose
- you need deep syscall-level visibility on Linux, especially in containerized environments
- you want to record system activity for offline forensics or later analysis
- you prefer a single unified CLI over many disparate classic Linux tools
When to avoid
- you need a commercial cloud security platform rather than an open-source troubleshooting tool
- you are on a non-Linux OS, since sysdig instruments the Linux kernel
- you only need lightweight metrics monitoring without kernel instrumentation
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
monitoring tracing security developer-tools monitoring security operating-systems cli system-visibility syscall-capture container-troubleshooting trace-files curses-ui containers devops linux docker
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/draios/sysdig · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5333a6d76d7c
- homepage: http://www.sysdig.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4463801a8562
- site_page: https://www.sysdig.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5fd493e5fe72
- site_page: https://docs.sysdig.com/en · fetched 2026-08-29 · a5cb5ba95bf0
- site_page: https://www.sysdig.com/integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0d9e5465acde
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| draios/sysdig | main | 78 |
| draios/sysdig-inspect | frontend | 85 |
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