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 eight 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 ftrace, strace, DTrace and ltrace.

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Process Monitor
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Process Monitoring Tool
Windows
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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...
- - Process Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to SystemTap.
- - Process Monitor is the most popular free alternative to SystemTap.
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1. PortableProcess Monitor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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ftrace
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Free • Open Source
Linux
8 ftrace alternatives
Ftrace is an internal tracer designed to find what is going on inside the kernel.
- - ftrace is the most popular Linux alternative to SystemTap.
- - ftrace is the most popular Open Source alternative to SystemTap.
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1. Command line interfaceftrace either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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strace
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Free • Open Source
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
14 strace alternatives
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.
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DTrace
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
BSD
Solaris
FreeBSD
7 DTrace alternatives
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.
- - DTrace is the most popular Mac alternative to SystemTap.
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ltrace
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Free • Open Source
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
13 ltrace alternatives
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.
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perf
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Free • Open Source
Linux
7 perf alternatives
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.
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ktap
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Free • Open Source
Linux
8 ktap alternatives
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...
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ktrace
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Mac
BSD
FreeBSD
7 ktrace alternatives
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.
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