gobee

gobee subcommand [options] [paths]

gobee is a pure-Go transpiler that converts a strict subset of Go into BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) C source code, together with typed Go bindings for the resulting programs. It targets developers who want to author eBPF programs without writing C directly, while keeping the resulting object compatible with libbpf and clang's BPF backend.The primary subcommand, translate, reads Go source files describing BPF programs and produces three artifacts in the target directory: a .bpf.c file, a sourcemap (.bpf.c.map) used for error attribution, and **\*_bindings.go files exposing typed loaders and program handles. clang with BPF target support is required to compile the generated C into an object file; gobee** itself only depends on Go.The tool also exposes typed stubs for the libbpf v1.5.0 helper set, performs kernel-version gating with bpfvet, and can map verifier errors back to the original Go positions for offline debugging.

translate

Transpile Go BPF sources to C and generate Go bindings.

Map verifier output back to source positions using the generated sourcemap.

Output directory for the generated Go bindings.

Only a strict subset of Go is accepted; idiomatic Go features such as goroutines, interfaces with dynamic dispatch, and the full standard library are not available in transpiled code. Building loadable BPF objects still requires clang with the bpf target, and loading them at runtime requires elevated privileges.

clang(1), bpftool(8), bpftrace(8)