witr
witr is a command line and TUI tool written in the Go language that follows the origin of a process, port, container, or file running on the system. Explains why processes work and which system chain is started by a single command or in the machine-readable JSON format. It is distributed as a single static binary file for Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Windows.
witr
95pranshuparmar · Observability / Datadog Alternatives
Common commercial products in this category: Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace
- You can monitor the initial chain of any process, port, container, or file running on the system.
- You can examine data via the command line or with the help of an interactive TUI panel.
- You can get the outputs in the machine-readable JSON format.
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system
“`witr` is trying to be a bit different. Here are few use cases to consider: - When a process started. - Which ports a process is using. - Which user started it. - From which directory it started. - env flag to list all the variables attached to the process. - json flag to use it…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system
“Just to update, witr is currently available on brew and AUR. deb, rpm and apk packages are also available in the release, and can be run directly via nix without installation.”
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