eBPF

eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a technology that allows programs to run in a sandboxed virtual machine within the Linux kernel without changing kernel source code or loading kernel modules. It enables high-performance networking, security monitoring, observability, and tracing capabilities at the operating system level with minimal overhead. eBPF is governed as a standard by the eBPF Foundation under the Linux Foundation.

eBPF is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include eBPF, Kernel, Linux, Networking, and Observability.

eBPF’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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10.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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eBPFKernelLinuxNetworkingObservabilitySecurityTracing

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Composite quality — 10.5/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

What is eBPF

Applications

Infrastructure

Foundation

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ebpf
name: eBPF
description: eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a technology that allows programs to run in a sandboxed virtual machine
  within the Linux kernel without changing kernel source code or loading kernel modules. It enables high-performance networking,
  security monitoring, observability, and tracing capabilities at the operating system level with minimal overhead. eBPF is
  governed as a standard by the eBPF Foundation under the Linux Foundation.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ebpf/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Standard
access: Open
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ebpf.png
tags:
- eBPF
- Kernel
- Linux
- Networking
- Observability
- Security
- Tracing
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ebpf-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://ebpf.io/
- type: What is eBPF
  url: https://ebpf.io/what-is-ebpf/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ebpf.io/
- type: Applications
  url: https://ebpf.io/applications/
- type: Infrastructure
  url: https://ebpf.io/infrastructure/
- type: Community
  url: https://ebpf.io/get-started/
- type: Blog
  url: https://ebpf.io/blog/
- type: Foundation
  url: https://ebpf.foundation/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/ebpffoundation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com