niche · -0.4

eBPF

Score 17.6 / 100 15 providers +3 via APIs 7 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (15)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
CalicoCNIContainersKubernetes1 API71.0
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
GroundcoverAIOpsObservabilityKubernetes1 API61.2
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
TigeraCompanyKubernetesNetworkingNetwork Security1 API51.9PixieKubernetesMonitoringObservability1 API50.1CiliumCloud-NativeKubernetesNetworking1 API45.8Polar SignalsCompanyEnterpriseObservabilityContinuous Profiling1 API41.4SpyderbatCompanySecurityCloud SecurityRuntime Security2 APIs40.3
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
FalcoCloud-NativeRuntime SecuritySecurity1 API38.9QpointCompanySecurityObservability1 API35.9IsovalentCompanyNetworkingKubernetes2 APIs32.9
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
MerbridgeCNCFNetworkingPerformance1 API18.3exeinCompanySecurityCybersecurityIoT13.3
Minimal 3 Almost no public developer surface
eBPFKernelLinuxNetworking8.5eBPF FoundationKernelLinux FoundationNetworking6.2OptimyzeCompanyObservabilityContinuous ProfilingPerformance5.3

APIs with this tag (7)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Pixie PxL Script APIPython-dialect domain-specific language and API for querying and analyzing telemetry data collected by Pixi...50.1Hubble APIThe Hubble API is a gRPC-based observability API built on top of Cilium and eBPF that provides deep visibil...45.8Tetragon APIThe Tetragon gRPC API provides access to eBPF-based security observability and runtime enforcement capabili...45.8TraceeTracee is a runtime security and forensics tool for Linux that uses eBPF technology to trace system events ...41.6
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
Resurface Logger for eBPFeBPF-based kernel-level API call logger that captures HTTP traffic without application code changes for zer...23.3MerbridgeMerbridge uses eBPF to accelerate service mesh data planes by replacing iptables-based traffic interception...18.3eBPF Userspace APIExtended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) userspace API for loading and interacting with sandboxed programs ru...14.0

Companies reaching this through an API (3)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “eBPF” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Aqua Security Linux Resurface

Score breakdown

Frequency
36.7
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.4
spread across providers
Quality lift
39.4
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
3.3
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Runtime Security 5 co-occurrences Cloud-Native 5 co-occurrences gRPC 5 co-occurrences Observability 12 co-occurrences Kubernetes 9 co-occurrences Networking 8 co-occurrences Security 11 co-occurrences Company 7 co-occurrences

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