r/eBPF is a subreddit with 4k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses ebpf, kernel, linux, xdp, and tracing.
Stuff about eBPF kernel subsystem
Popular Themes in r/eBPF
#1
Solution Requests
: "Making encrypted Java traffic observable with eBPF"
24 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Network Flow Accounting using eBPF/XDP in Ella Core"
23 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Beginner-Friendly eBPF Tutorial Now Available"
16 posts
#4
News
: "Every server at Meta runs eBPF, 50% over 180 programs"
14 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Announcing PacketScope v1.0: An eBPF + LLM Framework for Deep Kernel Protocol Stack Visualization and Real-Time Defense"
4 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "PID mismatch between eBPF's `bpf_get_current_pid_tgid` and a single threaded C++ program's `getpid()` and `gettid()`"
1 post
#7
Opportunities
: "Looking for PhD positions in Europe focused on eBPF / Kernel-level technologies"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/eBPF
#1
Ebpf
: "Meta replaces SELinux with Ebpf"
289 posts
#2
Kernel
: "Looking for PhD positions in Europe focused on eBPF / Kernel-level technologies"
34 posts
#3
Linux
: "eBPF-powered replication engine for Linux filesystems (XFS, Btrfs, F2FS, Ext4)"
31 posts
#4
Xdp
: "eBPF and Xdp based HW firewall"
22 posts
#5
Tracing
: "InfraSight: Open source syscall Tracing with eBPF + ClickHouse"
16 posts
#6
Observability
: "What is eBPF & What Does it Mean for Observability?"
15 posts
#7
Security
: "I open-sourced KernelEye — an eBPF/XDP-based Linux server Security monitoring project"
14 posts
#8
Monitoring
: "I open-sourced KernelEye — an eBPF/XDP-based Linux server security Monitoring project"
13 posts
#9
Kubernetes
: "Effortless Kubernetes Monitoring and Bottleneck Detection using eBPF 🐝"
12 posts
#10
Network
: "Monitoring Virtual Network Interfaces with eBPF"
12 posts
Member Growth in r/eBPF
Yearly
+2k members(82.3%)
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Last updated: June 14, 2026