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Velociraptor vs osquery
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Velociraptor and osquery — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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Velociraptor vs osquery: at a glance
What is Velociraptor?
Velociraptor's recent releases are mostly about patching CVEs.
Velociraptor 0.77.3 shipped on October 5 as a bug fix and CVE release; it also adds an artifact that uploads server results to Azure Monitor and trims the columns emitted by the backup artifacts. 0.77.2 and a 0.76.7 backport in September and August were CVE fixes. The 0.77.1 feature release landed in June, but its notes in the feed only link out.
What is osquery?
osquery's only tracked entry is a build toolchain update.
The single entry in osquery's feed is 5.22.0's move to osquery-toolchain 1.2.0, which upgrades LLVM and zlib and lists the Ubuntu and CentOS builds it was tested on. It does not describe any new tables or query features.
Velociraptor vs osquery: editorial side-by-side
Velociraptor
0.0INFRA · APIS
Velociraptor's recent releases are mostly about patching CVEs.
◆ Current state
Velociraptor 0.77.3 shipped on October 5 as a bug fix and CVE release; it also adds an artifact that uploads server results to Azure Monitor and trims the columns emitted by the backup artifacts. 0.77.2 and a 0.76.7 backport in September and August were CVE fixes. The 0.77.1 feature release landed in June, but its notes in the feed only link out.
◆ Where it's heading
Since June the project has been in security mode, fixing CVEs on the current line and backporting to the previous one. Feature work shows up as new artifacts, here an Azure Monitor export, which keeps Velociraptor feeding results into the logging tools teams already use.
◆ Prediction
Expect further 0.77 patch releases and possibly another backport if new CVEs are published; the timing of a 0.78 feature release is not signaled here.
osquery
0.0INFRA · APIS
osquery's only tracked entry is a build toolchain update.
◆ Current state
The single entry in osquery's feed is 5.22.0's move to osquery-toolchain 1.2.0, which upgrades LLVM and zlib and lists the Ubuntu and CentOS builds it was tested on. It does not describe any new tables or query features.
◆ Where it's heading
With one entry there is no trend to read. The test matrix, which still includes Ubuntu 16.04 and CentOS 6, shows osquery keeps supporting very old Linux hosts.
◆ Prediction
Unclear from a single build-tooling entry; nothing here signals the next feature release.
Alternatives to Velociraptor and osquery
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Recent activity from Velociraptor and osquery
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1mo agoVelociraptorVelociraptor 0.77.3 fixes CVEs and adds Azure Monitor upload
- 1mo agoVelociraptorVelociraptor 0.77.2 patches published CVEs
- 3mo agoVelociraptorVelociraptor 0.76.7 backports CVE fixes
- 4mo agoVelociraptorVelociraptor 0.77.1 feature release ships
- 5mo agoVelociraptorVelociraptor 0.77.1 RC1 opens for testing
- 5mo agoVelociraptorVelociraptor 0.76.6 bug fix release
- 8mo agoosquery5.22.0: Update osquery-toolchain to 1.2.0 (LLVM 11.0.0, zlib 1.2.13) (#8773)
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Velociraptor and osquery?
Both compete on the same themes — open-source — within Infra & APIs. Velociraptor and osquery are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Velociraptor better than osquery?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Velociraptor and osquery are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Velociraptor?
Top Velociraptor alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Velociraptor alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/velociraptor for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to osquery?
Top osquery alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "osquery alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/osquery for the full list with editorial commentary on each.