Bustle

Bustle is a diagnostic tool for Linux systems that visualizes D-Bus activity. It captures and displays the messages exchanged between processes on the D-Bus message bus, providing a graphical representation of the communication flow. This allows developers and system administrators to observe how different components of the desktop environment or specific applications interact with one another in real time.

The software generates diagrams that map out the signal emissions and method calls, making it easier to identify bottlenecks or unexpected behavior in inter-process communication. By logging the sequence of events, Bustle assists in debugging complex interactions that are otherwise difficult to trace through text-based logs alone. It is designed specifically for the Linux environment and is distributed under the LGPL-2.1-or-later license.