# koute/bytehound

A memory profiler for Linux.

Repository: https://github.com/koute/bytehound
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bytehound
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: profiling, profiler, memory-profiling, memory-profiler
Last push: 2023-07-28T13:24:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2666, "days_push": 1132, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4805, forks 203 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:00.217533+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, performance
- platform: cli
- tags: memory-profiling, heap-analysis, memory-leaks, profiling, flamegraph, jemalloc, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- koute/bytehound (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.217533+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:36.879591+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/koute/bytehound (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.217533+00:00, sha 829078f36f50)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.