Awesome DTrace

A curated, community-maintained directory of learning materials, software, and tools for the DTrace dynamic tracing framework.

• Website/Source: https://github.com/xen0l/awesome-dtrace
• Category: Themed Directories
• Tags: awesome-lists, devops, observability

Overview

Awesome DTrace organizes books, articles, videos, tools, and software integrations related to DTrace into a single, structured list. It is part of the broader sindresorhus/awesome ecosystem of curated lists.

Features

Learning Resources

• Books
  • Section dedicated to recommended DTrace books for structured learning.
• Other learning materials
  • Additional resources (beyond books) for learning DTrace concepts and usage.

Articles

• General DTrace articles
  • Collection of articles about DTrace and real-world use cases.
• Provider-specific subsections
  • PID Provider – Articles focused on using the PID provider.
  • USDT Provider – Articles covering Userland Statically Defined Tracing.
  • Sysevent Provider – Articles about tracing system events.
• Language-specific usage
  • Ruby and DTrace – Articles and examples for using DTrace with Ruby.
• Visualization methods
  • Articles and resources on visualizing DTrace output and results.

Videos

• Curated list of video content related to DTrace, including:
  • dtrace.conf 2008 (YouTube playlist)
  • dtrace.conf 2012 (YouTube playlist)
  • dtrace.conf 2016 (conference resources on Joyent)

Software with DTrace Support

• Programming Languages
  • Erlang – Entries for Erlang integrations or tooling with DTrace.
  • Lua – Lua tooling or bindings with DTrace support.
  • Node.js – Node.js modules or runtimes with DTrace hooks.
  • Perl – Perl tools or modules supporting DTrace.
  • PHP – PHP integrations or extensions with DTrace support.
  • Python – Python libraries or tools that expose DTrace functionality.
  • Ruby – Ruby gems or runtime support for DTrace.
• Databases
  • Section listing databases that offer DTrace probes or integrations.
• Webservers
  • Web servers that expose DTrace probes or tracing capabilities.
• Visualization
  • Software for visualizing DTrace metrics, traces, and performance data.

Tools

• A section for standalone tools that enhance, extend, or ease the use of DTrace (e.g., helpers, wrappers, analysis tools).

Community

• Links and references to community channels or resources related to DTrace.

Documentation & Meta

• Docs directory (docs/) and mkdocs.yml indicating structured documentation site support.
• Contribution guidelines (CONTRIBUTING.md) for adding or updating entries.
• License file (LICENSE) clarifying usage and redistribution terms.
• Build/automation helpers (e.g., Makefile, .travis.yml, requirements.txt) for maintaining and publishing the list and documentation.

Pricing

Not applicable. Awesome DTrace is an open, curated list hosted on GitHub and is not a commercial product or service.

License

• A LICENSE file is present in the repository. For exact terms, refer directly to the file in the GitHub repository.

Contributing

• Contributions are explicitly welcomed.
• Potential contributors are directed to follow the repository’s contribution guidelines (CONTRIBUTING.md) before submitting changes or additions.