andrewrk/poop

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

2046 stars · 94 forks observed · 2026-10-07

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Linux command-line benchmarking tool that compares the performance of multiple commands using perf_event_open hardware counters, with a colorful terminal UI. It reports wall time, peak memory, and additional hardware counters relative to a reference command.

Use cases

• benchmark multiple commands and compare their performance
• measure peak memory usage of a command
• compare performance of code changes against a baseline
• profile commands with hardware performance counters
• find which implementation of an algorithm is faster
• avoid shell-spawning overhead in benchmark measurements

When to choose

• you are on Linux and want hardware counter data (instructions, cycles, cache misses) alongside timing
• you want peak memory usage reported per command
• you want to benchmark raw commands without shell-spawning noise
• you prefer a simple tool with a colorful terminal output and a reference-command comparison

When to avoid

• you need cross-platform benchmarking (macOS, Windows)
• you need to benchmark shell commands with pipes, quotes, or shell syntax
• you need extensive configuration options or mature polish like Hyperfine
• you are not on a Linux kernel with perf_event_open access

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

benchmarking cli terminal-ui monitoring developer-tools performance cli perf-counters command-benchmarking hyperfine-alternative zig command-line linux

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