strace-macos: A clone of the strace command for macOS
strace-macos A system call tracer for macOS using the LLDB debugger API. Status: Beta – Core functionality works, but some features are still in development. Features Works with SIP enabled – Unlike dtruss, doesn’t require disabling System Integrity Protection Pure Python implementation – No kernel extensions or compiled components Multiple output formats – JSON Lines and strace-compatible text output Syscall filtering – Filter by syscall name or category (-e trace=file, -e trace=network) Symbolic decoding – Automatically decodes flags, error codes, and struct fields Color output – Syntax highlighting when output is a TTY Summary statistics – Time/call/error counts with -c Installation With Nix Flakes # Run directly nix run github:Mic92/strace-macos — ls # Install to profile nix…
