sysprof ☆
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Description:
Statistical, system-wide profiler
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: profiler performance debugging system-monitoring developer-tools
Install: brew install sysprof
About:
Sysprof is a statistical, system-wide profiler for Linux that samples stack traces to identify performance bottlenecks across the entire system. It provides a graphical interface to visualize CPU usage, kernel activity, and application performance. This tool helps developers pinpoint slow code paths and optimize resource-intensive applications.
Key Features:
  • System-wide statistical sampling
  • Graphical visualization of call stacks
  • Low-overhead profiling
  • Kernel and user-space analysis
Use Cases:
  • Identifying CPU hotspots in system processes
  • Analyzing application performance bottlenecks
  • Debugging kernel-level performance issues
Alternatives:
  • perf – perf is a powerful command-line profiler with more complex setup, while Sysprof offers a user-friendly GUI
  • Valgrind/Callgrind – Valgrind provides detailed analysis but with significant overhead; Sysprof uses sampling for lower impact
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Sep 13, 2025 3:56am 0 VERSION_BUMP f40d122e
Nov 13, 2024 6:29pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 3b9b0bd2
Oct 1, 2024 11:18pm 0 NEW f46de22c
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