Tech riderRev. 2 Oct 2026
Inspektor Gadget
- 1Runs onAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3Deployment modelself-hosted
- 4Kubernetes supportYes
- 5Network visibilityYes
- 6Application tracingYes
- 7Kernel profilingYes
- 8Supported operating systemsLinux; macOS and Windows clients via gadgetctl
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: inspektor-gadget.io
Overview
Inspektor Gadget is ranked #10 of 29 in eBPF observability tools on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.
Inspektor Gadget plans and pricing
All plansInspektor Gadget Free Open-source tools and framework · Linux 5.10+ with BTF required for project gadgets inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
Compared on eBPF observability tools
- Deployment model
- self-hostedinspektor-gadget.io
- Kubernetes support
- Yesinspektor-gadget.io
- Network visibility
- Yesinspektor-gadget.io
- Application tracing
- Yesinspektor-gadget.io
- Kernel profiling
- Yesinspektor-gadget.io
- Supported operating systems
- Linux; macOS and Windows clients via gadgetctlinspektor-gadget.io
Facts
- Purpose
- Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and a framework for eBPF-based data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Gadgets
- Gadgets package eBPF programs as OCI images that can be deployed and run to inspect systems.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Kubernetes awareness
- It automatically enriches low-level kernel data with higher-level information such as Kubernetes pods and container names.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Data export
- The project supports collecting and exporting data to observability tools.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- WebAssembly modules can post-process data and customize operators, and the framework can be used through a Go library.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- On Kubernetes, Inspektor Gadget is deployed as a DaemonSet, with one pod per cluster node.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Linux requirement
- Gadgets developed by the project require Linux kernel 5.10 or later with BTF enabled.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Unsupported environments
- The requirements page marks AWS Fargate, Azure Container Instances, and GKE Autopilot as unsupported.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- Official image-based gadgets are signed with cosign, and the documentation describes verifying gadget signatures.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Access controls
- Operators can restrict which gadgets may run by digest, tag, or image prefix using the --allowed-gadgets flag.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Security updates
- The project says it has no long-term support releases and that only the latest release receives security updates and maintenance.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
- Project status
- Inspektor Gadget identifies itself as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation Sandbox Project.inspektor-gadget.io · 2 Oct 2026
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Sources
- inspektor-gadget.io/docs/main/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- inspektor-gadget.io/docs/main/reference/architecture/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- inspektor-gadget.io/docs/main/reference/requirements/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- inspektor-gadget.io/docs/main/reference/verify-gadgets/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- inspektor-gadget.io/docs/main/reference/restricting-gadgets· checked 2 Oct 2026
- inspektor-gadget.io/docs/latest/security/· checked 2 Oct 2026
- inspektor-gadget.io· checked 2 Oct 2026