Kubeshark
API traffic analyzer for Kubernetes
Kubeshark is an open-source network observability tool for Kubernetes that captures and inspects all API traffic between pods. It provides a Wireshark-like view for debugging self-hosted clusters.
Key features
- Cluster-wide traffic capture
- Protocol dissection
- Real-time inspection
- Service dependency map
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Mature project with 12k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
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