witr

We have hosted the application witr in order to run this application in our online workstations with Wine or directly.

Quick description about witr:

witr (short for �Why is this running?�) is a cross-platform command-line utility designed to explain the origin and cause of running processes, services, or anything bound to a port. Traditional tools show what is running, but witr goes a step further by correlating that state across process supervisors, containers, or system services to build a narrative of why the item exists. It supports major operating systems including Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD, and produces human-readable output that succinctly shows the causal ancestry of a process (e.g., systemd ? pm2 ? node). witr aims to reduce the time it takes to diagnose processes, especially during debugging or outage investigations, by providing context that would otherwise require manual analysis across multiple tools.

Features:

• Explains process origins with causal ancestry chains
• Works with processes, service names, and ports
• Cross-platform support (Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD)
• Human-readable default output with JSON option
• Zero configuration and safe read-only operation
• Supports contextual information like container, service, or git repo context

Programming Language: Go.
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