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witr

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A CLI and TUI tool that traces any process, port, container, or file back to the exact chain that started it.

v0.3.4
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Oct 4, 2026
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Project Overview

witr exists to answer one question: "Why is this running?" When something is running on a system, there is always a cause. witr makes that causality explicit, explaining where a running thing came from, how it was started, and what chain of systems is responsible for it existing right now, in a single, human-readable output or an interactive TUI dashboard.

Key Features

  • Trace any process, port, container, or file back to the exact chain that started it
  • Interactive TUI dashboard
  • Machine-readable JSON output

Target Audience

  • System administrators and DevOps engineers
  • Developers who need to troubleshoot process origins

Quick Start

# Unix (Linux, macOS, FreeBSD)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pranshuparmar/witr/main/install.sh | bash

Core Advantages

  • Single static binary for Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows
  • Both interactive TUI and CLI modes
  • Available via multiple package managers (Homebrew, Conda, Winget, etc.)

System Requirements

  • OS: Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Windows

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