koute/bytehound
A memory profiler for Linux. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2666
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1132
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4805 stars · 203 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Bytehound is a memory profiler for Linux that captures every allocation and deallocation with full stack traces. It includes a web-based GUI for analysis and can export data as JSON, Heaptrack, or flamegraphs.
Use cases
- find memory leaks in a Linux application
- see where memory is being consumed
- identify temporary allocations
- investigate memory fragmentation
- profile a memory-constrained embedded system remotely
- analyze allocation patterns with a flamegraph
When to choose
- you need to debug memory leaks or excessive allocations on Linux
- you want cheap stack unwinding with low profiling overhead
- you need to profile apps on AMD64, ARM, AArch64, or MIPS64
- you want to stream profiling data off a memory-constrained device
When to avoid
- you need to profile on macOS or Windows
- you need a general-purpose CPU or GPU profiler rather than a memory profiler
- you need a maintained tool with frequent releases
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
monitoring developer-tools cli developer-tools performance cli memory-profiling heap-analysis memory-leaks profiling flamegraph jemalloc command-line linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/koute/bytehound · fetched 2026-08-28 · 829078f36f50
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| koute/bytehound | main | 23 |
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