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Pixie labs by pixie-labs

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Instant Kubernetes-Native Application Observability

golangkubernetesebpfvegamonitoringgkeeksaksminikubemachine-learningdistributed-systemspx-run
Verdict 68/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 1 months ago

Self-host Pixie labs on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

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Health score
68 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
6.4k
496 forks

About Pixie labs

From the project's README at github.com/pixie-labs/pixie. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
68
maturity
85
community
77
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
34

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 6.4k github.com/pixie-labs/pixie
GitHub forks 496 github.com/pixie-labs/pixie

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age6.2 yearssince Feb 2020
Last commit2 days agoMay 5, 2026
Releases shipped102last: 1 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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