[bsder]

> The only drawback currently is it's a kernel module and needs to be compiled, which makes setup across systems a bit involved, however there are ongoing efforts to merge into the kernel.

Do these things have to be kernel modules? Is this a kernel module on OS X?

I ask because 90%+ of the time my OS X system goes unstable the moment I add a .kext.

[mcpherrinm]

There is a Go implementation which runs in userspace, which is what the OSX version is. No .kext here.