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Write your BPF programs in Go, not C. gobee transpiles a Go subset to BPF C and generates typed cilium/ebpf bindings.

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Write your BPF programs in Go, not C

by boratanrikulu·May 21, 2026·112 points·52 comments
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AI Analysis

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Go-to-BPF transpilation beats Aya's Rust approach by reusing clang's mature backend.

Strengths
  • •Sourcemap translation maps kernel verifier errors back to Go file and line.
  • •Typed Go bindings eliminate stringly-typed program lookups in userspace drivers.
  • •Generated C is intentionally readable for debugging when transpilation goes weird.
Weaknesses
  • •Only supports a strict Go subset; full language parity is impossible for BPF constraints.
  • •Helper coverage limited to 200 typed wrappers versus full C access.
Target Audience

Go developers writing eBPF kernel programs

Similar To

Aya · bpf2go · BCC

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