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monadbobo/bcc — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2017-04-18

C++Audience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

tl;dr

BCC is a toolkit for watching what's happening deep inside a Linux system in real time, running lightweight monitoring code directly in the kernel via eBPF instead of slowing the system down.

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    What it does
      Monitors kernel activity
      Tracks disk and CPU usage
      Runs safely in the kernel
    Tech stack
      C
      Python
      eBPF
    Use cases
      Measure disk latency
      Find memory leaks
      Profile CPU usage
    Audience
      System administrators
      DevOps engineers
      Performance engineers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Measure disk I/O latency on a live server using the biolatency tool.

VIBE 2

Track when programs open new network connections with tcpconnect.

VIBE 3

Find memory leaks in a running application using memleak.

VIBE 4

Profile which functions are consuming CPU time on a production server.

what's the stack?

C++CPythoneBPF

how it stacks up fr

monadbobo/bccachanana/mavsdkalange/llama.cpp
Stars——0
LanguageC++C++C++
Last pushed2017-04-182024-05-20—
MaintenanceDormantDormant—
Setup difficultyhardmoderatemoderate
Complexity4/54/54/5
Audienceops devopsdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · hard time til it works · 1h+

Requires a Linux kernel with eBPF support and root access to load kernel-level probes.

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prompt 1
Show me how to run BCC's biolatency tool to measure disk latency on my server.
prompt 2
Help me write a custom eBPF monitoring program in Python using BCC.
prompt 3
Explain how BCC's memleak tool detects memory leaks without restarting my app.
prompt 4
Walk me through using BCC's profile tool to find CPU bottlenecks in production.

Frequently asked questions

what is bcc fr?

BCC is a toolkit for watching what's happening deep inside a Linux system in real time, running lightweight monitoring code directly in the kernel via eBPF instead of slowing the system down.

What language is bcc written in?

Mainly C++. The stack also includes C++, C, Python.

Is bcc actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2017-04-18).

How hard is bcc to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is bcc for?

Mainly ops devops.

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