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senberhu/ebpf — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2021-10-26

★ 1Audience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

TL;DR

A Go library that makes it practical to write, load, and run eBPF programs inside the Linux kernel for monitoring and security, without deep kernel programming knowledge.

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  root((ebpf))
    What it does
      Loads eBPF programs
      Connects kernel to Go
      Handles compiling
    Tech stack
      Go
      eBPF
      Linux kernel
    Use cases
      Network traffic monitoring
      System call tracing
      Kernel security policies
    Audience
      Network engineers
      Security teams
      DevOps engineers
    Requirements
      Linux 4.9 plus
      Recent Go version
      Maintained by Cloudflare Cilium

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Build a tool that traces every network connection on a server in real time.

REASON 2

Monitor which system calls a container makes without slowing it down.

REASON 3

Create kernel-level security enforcement systems for a production environment.

REASON 4

Write diagnostic utilities that read live data back from the kernel.

What's in the stack?

GoeBPFLinux

How it stacks up

senberhu/ebpf0xkinno/neuralvault0xmayurrr/ai-contractauditor
Stars111
Language—TypeScriptTypeScript
Last pushed2021-10-26——
MaintenanceDormant——
Setup difficultyhardhardeasy
Complexity4/54/52/5
Audienceops devopsdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Requires Linux 4.9+ and kernel-level programming concepts even though the library abstracts much of it.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to write a simple eBPF program in C and load it into the kernel using this Go library.
Prompt 2
Explain how to attach an eBPF program to a network hook using this library.
Prompt 3
Help me use this library's Go assembler to write an eBPF program without C.
Prompt 4
Walk me through reading data back from the kernel via this library's communication utilities.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is ebpf?

A Go library that makes it practical to write, load, and run eBPF programs inside the Linux kernel for monitoring and security, without deep kernel programming knowledge.

Is ebpf actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2021-10-26).

How hard is ebpf to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is ebpf for?

Mainly ops devops.

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