# grafana/pyroscope

Continuous Profiling Platform. Debug performance issues down to a single line of code

Repository: https://github.com/grafana/pyroscope
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyroscope
Homepage: https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/
Language: Go
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: continuous-profiling, profiling, performance, golang, ruby, python, find-bottlenecks, linux, pyroscope, observability, monitoring, devops, developer-tools, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:44:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2071, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 58}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11641, forks 796 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.279533+00:00)

## What it is
Grafana Pyroscope is an open-source continuous profiling platform and database that aggregates, stores, and queries profiling data (CPU, memory, I/O) down to the source code line number. It integrates natively with Grafana so profiles can be correlated with metrics, logs, and traces as another observability signal.

## Use cases
- find cpu bottlenecks in production
- debug memory leaks down to a line of code
- reduce cloud infrastructure costs by optimizing resource usage
- store and query continuous profiling data at scale
- correlate profiling data with metrics logs and traces
- investigate latency incidents with flamegraphs
- monitor application performance trends over time

## When to choose
- you need continuous, always-on profiling in production with durable long-term storage
- you want a Prometheus-like single-binary profiler that scales horizontally with multi-tenancy
- you already use Grafana and want profiles as an additional observability signal
- you need line-level root cause analysis for CPU, memory, or I/O issues across Go, Ruby, Python, and other runtimes

## When to avoid
- you only need occasional ad-hoc profiling during local development rather than always-on production profiling
- you need a managed SaaS offering with support rather than self-hosting (consider Grafana Cloud Profiles)
- your license requirements are incompatible with AGPL-3.0
- you need profiling for platforms without supported instrumentation agents

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, tracing, analytics, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring, performance
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: continuous-profiling, profiling-database, observability, flamegraphs, grafana, cpu-profiling, memory-profiling, multi-tenancy, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- grafana/pyroscope (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.279533+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 2026-08-29T17:15:26.309943+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/grafana/pyroscope (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.279533+00:00, sha 9d60015eb9cc)
  - homepage: https://grafana.com/oss/pyroscope/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.275126+00:00, sha 0aba29471e45)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.287986+00:00, sha 882a3fe34bf0)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/docs/pyroscope/latest?pg=oss-pyroscope&plcmt=hero-btn-3 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.289893+00:00, sha 9d47b416d1e4)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/docs/pyroscope/latest?pg=oss-pyroscope&plcmt=resources (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.293200+00:00, sha 78eab1681d1b)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.284771+00:00, sha 6097ce127c08)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/integrations (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.294836+00:00, sha 3210cff6224b)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/integrations/cloud-monitoring-aws (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.296472+00:00, sha 51561815b31e)
  - site_page: https://grafana.com/integrations/cloud-monitoring-google-cloud (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:54.298146+00:00, sha a3665a5d81bf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.