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bpftrace

No phone app

6.4No. 2 of 29
in eBPF Observability Tools
  • Recognised40% of the score20
  • Phone app26% of the score0
  • Documented20% of the score100
  • Free plan14% of the score100
Free plan
Yes
Runs on
Linux, self-hosted
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Summary

bpftrace is ranked #2 of 29 in eBPF observability tools on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

bpftrace plans and pricing

All plans
bpftrace Free Open-source Linux tracing tool · requires a compatible Linux kernel and BPF support github.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on eBPF observability tools

Free plan
Yesbpftrace.org
Deployment model
self-hostedbpftrace.org
Network visibility
Yesbpftrace.org
Application tracing
Yesbpftrace.org
Kernel profiling
Yesbpftrace.org
Supported operating systems
Linuxbpftrace.org

Facts

Purpose
bpftrace is a high-level tracing language and general-purpose tracing tool for Linux that uses eBPF.bpftrace.org · 3 Oct 2026
Tracing sources
It supports kernel and user-level dynamic tracing, perf events, USDT, uprobes, and tracepoints.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Compiler and libraries
bpftrace uses LLVM as a compiler backend and libbpf to interact with the Linux BPF subsystem.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Language
Its language is inspired by awk, C, DTrace, and SystemTap.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Scripting
Programs can be supplied as a file, inline with -e, or through standard input.bpftrace.org · 3 Oct 2026
Standard library
The standard library includes builtins, functions, macros, and map value functions.bpftrace.org · 3 Oct 2026
Security control
Helpers marked unsafe require the --unsafe flag to use.bpftrace.org · 3 Oct 2026
Import security
bpftrace refuses to import files from world-writable directories.bpftrace.org · 3 Oct 2026
Operational limit
The default maximum number of probes is 1,024; increasing it can use more memory, increase startup time, and cause high overhead or system freezes or crashes.bpftrace.org · 3 Oct 2026
Installation
The project README lists installation commands for several Linux distribution package managers, including apt, dnf, apk, pacman, emerge, and zypper.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Support
The project README points users to GitHub Discussions, the issue tracker, monthly office hours, and Discord for help or involvement.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Intended users
The project says its contributors, users, and organizations rely on it for production tracing and debugging.github.com · 3 Oct 2026
Tracing
It supports static and dynamic tracing for both the kernel and user space.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Probe types
The documentation describes probes including kprobes, uprobes, and tracepoints.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Implementation
bpftrace uses LLVM to compile scripts to eBPF bytecode and uses libbpf and bcc to interact with Linux BPF.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Script imports
Scripts can import bpftrace files, C headers, BPF C source files, or supported files from a directory.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Security
As a security measure, bpftrace refuses to import files from world-writable directories.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Architectures
The documentation lists x86_64, arm64, s390x, arm32, loongarch64, mips64, ppc64, and riscv64 as supported architectures.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
System requirements
Some features require kernel headers, and BTF support for vmlinux requires Linux 4.18 or later with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF enabled.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Install options
The project README lists package-manager installation commands for distributions including Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, Gentoo, Nix, and openSUSE.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Integration
A community language server offers autocompletion, error diagnostics, and go-to-definition in editors that support LSP.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Limit
The documentation says unstable features are subject to change or removal.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026
Playground
The web playground notes that it does not yet support all bpftrace features.bpftrace.org · 4 Oct 2026

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