RingBuffer v1.0.0 - Initial Release

🎉 RingBuffer v1.0.0 - Initial Release

Real-time Kernel Log & Telemetry Analyzer

RingBuffer is a native desktop application that provides real-time, structured access to the Linux kernel ring buffer. Built for kernel developers, security researchers, and system engineers.

🚀 Quick Start

Download & Run (No Installation)

wget https://github.com/The-OffSec-Desk/ringbuffer/releases/download/v1.0.0/RingBuffer-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x RingBuffer-x86_64.AppImage
./RingBuffer-x86_64.AppImage

Install Desktop Integration (Recommended)

wget https://github.com/The-OffSec-Desk/ringbuffer/releases/download/v1.0.0/RingBuffer-x86_64.AppImage
wget https://github.com/The-OffSec-Desk/ringbuffer/releases/download/v1.0.0/install-icon.sh
chmod +x RingBuffer-x86_64.AppImage
bash install-icon.sh

✨ Features

• Real-time kernel log streaming - Live monitoring with dmesg -w parity
• Lossless ingestion - No dropped messages
• Severity classification - INFO / WARN / ERROR / CRITICAL / ALERT / EMERG
• Subsystem parsing - USB, NET, FS, KERNEL detection
• Professional GUI - Built with PySide6 (Qt)
• Advanced filtering - Real-time search and filter
• Plugin system - Extensible architecture
• Zero installation - Single portable AppImage

📋 Requirements

• Linux x86_64 (any modern distribution)
• Kernel 4.x or newer
• Read access to /dev/kmsg (may require sudo or systemd-journal group)

🔐 Verify Integrity

sha256sum -c RingBuffer-x86_64.AppImage.sha256

🐛 Troubleshooting

Permission denied:

sudo usermod -aG systemd-journal $USER
# Log out and log back in

Icon not showing:

bash install-icon.sh
# Log out and log back in

📚 Documentation

See README.md for full documentation.

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