SystemTap Alternatives

SystemTap is described as 'Provides free software (GPL) infrastructure to simplify the gathering of information about the running Linux system. This assists diagnosis of a performance or functional problem. SystemTap eliminates the need for the developer to go through the tedious and disruptive' and is an app in the development category. There are nine alternatives to SystemTap for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, FreeBSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best SystemTap alternative is Process Monitor, which is free. Other great apps like SystemTap are lurk, DTrace, strace and perf.

More about SystemTap
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
SystemTap alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Process Monitor icon

    Process Monitor

     161 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    55 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Main Screen
     

    • Process Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to SystemTap.

    • Process Monitor is the most popular free alternative to SystemTap.

    • Process Monitor is Free and ProprietarySystemTap is Free and Open Source

  2. lurk

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Lurk allows the user to trace system calls of a process or of a command. In contrast to strace, lurk focuses on a simple, yet pretty, user experience while implementing the most important use cases of strace.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lurk screenshot 1
     

    • lurk is the most popular Linux alternative to SystemTap.

    • lurk is the most popular Open Source alternative to SystemTap.

    • lurk is Free and Open SourceSystemTap is also Free and Open Source
  4. DTrace icon

    DTrace

     4 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    DTrace is a performance analysis and troubleshooting tool that is included by default with various operating systems, including Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. A Linux port is in development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
     

    • DTrace is the most popular Mac alternative to SystemTap.

    • DTrace is Free and Open SourceSystemTap is also Free and Open Source

  5. strace

     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux. It is used to monitor interactions between processes and the Linux kernel, which include system calls, signal deliveries, and changes of process state.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    strace screenshot 1
     

  6. perf

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    perf is a performance analyzing tool in Linux, available from Linux kernel version 2.6.31 under tools/perf, and is frequently updated and enhanced. It is capable of lightweight profiling, supports hardware performance counters, tracepoints, software performance counters (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  7. ftrace

     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Ftrace is an internal tracer designed to find what is going on inside the kernel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  9. ltrace

     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    ltrace intercepts and records dynamic library calls which are called by an executed process and the signals received by that process. It can also intercept and print the system calls executed by the program. Used for debugging.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    ltrace screenshot 1
     

  10. ktrace

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    The ktrace utility enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes. Kernel trace data is logged to the file ktrace.out. The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei translations, signal processing, and I/O.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  11. ktap icon

    ktap

     Like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    ktap is a script-based dynamic tracing tool for Linux. It uses a scripting language and lets users trace the Linux kernel dynamically. ktap is designed to give operational insights with interoperability that allows users to tune, troubleshoot and extend the kernel and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
9 of 9 SystemTap alternatives