GNU gprof vs Go pprof
GNU gprof
sourceware.orgGo pprof
pkg.go.devSide by side
| Figure | GNU gprof | Go pprof |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Profiling Software | 7.8 (#12) | 7.4 (#20) |
| License | The gprof manual is distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3. | The package documentation lists the license as BSD-3-Clause. |
| Purpose | GNU gprof analyzes profiling data to show which parts of a program take the most execution time. | The runtime/pprof package writes runtime profiling data in the format expected by the pprof visualization tool. |
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