Rule recipes for developer tools
How to find the process name a rule will see, and common patterns for routing git, ssh, Go, Cargo, Docker, Node.js and Python with Specola.
Engineering notes
Specola Blog
Guides, design decisions and release notes for Specola — rule-based traffic routing for developers.
Latest posts
DNS for transparent routing
Why domain rules break under transparent capture, how Specola's DNS module and Fake-IP keep them working with the Linux eBPF backend, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Per-process routing without TUN
How Specola's Linux eBPF backend routes connections by process using cgroup socket hooks, and how that differs from a TUN device.
Setting up Specola on Omarchy
Per-process routing for your dev tools on Omarchy, with a TOML profile, eBPF Enhanced Mode, a systemd service, a Hyprland keybinding and a Waybar status module.
Why Specola: a traffic router built for developers on Omarchy
What Specola is, the problem it solves for developers on Arch Linux and Omarchy, who it is for, and what comes next.