deepflowio/deepflowGitHub
Choose as a same-class eBPF K8s observability platform with distributed tracing and profiling.
eBPF Observability - Distributed Tracing and Profiling
- 4.3k
- Go
- Apache-2.0
active27d ago
pixie-io/pixie Alternatives
Kubernetes application observability / eBPF APM
Pixie is a Kubernetes-native observability tool that uses eBPF to automatically collect full-body requests, metrics, and application profiles and query them in-cluster.
Drop-in peers
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
Same job, different approach
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
microsoft/retinaGitHub
Choose for eBPF network observability only, without Pixie's full-body app request or profile capture.
eBPF distributed networking observability tool for Kubernetes
- 3.2k
- Go
- MIT
active13d ago
apache/skywalkingGitHub
Choose when you need agent-based APM across heterogeneous services rather than eBPF auto-telemetry.
APM, Application Performance Monitoring System
- 24.9k
- Java
- Apache-2.0
active25d ago
hyperdxio/hyperdxGitHub
Choose when you want ClickHouse-backed unified logs/traces/session replay and can instrument apps yourself.
Resolve production issues, fast. An open source observability platform unifying session replays, logs, metrics, traces and errors powered by ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry.
- 9.9k
- TypeScript
- MIT
active29d ago
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These projects were analysed and named pixie among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how pixie rates them is a separate judgement, made when pixie is analysed in its own right.
netdata/netdataGitHub
calls pixie “Kubernetes-only eBPF observability; choose this for zero-instrumentation live application/traffic views inside a K8s cluster, but it does not cover VMs or bare-metal hosts.”
The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.
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