GNU gprof vs py-spy
GNU gprof
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| Figure | GNU gprof | py-spy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Profiling Software | 7.8 (#12) | 7.4 (#21) |
| License | The gprof manual is distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3. | The repository says py-spy is released under the MIT License. |
| Purpose | GNU gprof analyzes profiling data to show which parts of a program take the most execution time. | py-spy is a sampling profiler for Python programs that visualizes where a program spends time without restarting it or changing its code. |
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