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=Tools for Profiling and Memory Checking=
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This is a collection of tools for profiling and memory checking. It's mostly a summary of programs/libraries mentioned in the forums, notably in threads [http://forum.qt.io/topic/1892/advice-on-checking-for-memory-leaks-and-dangling-resources/3 Advice on checking for memory leaks and dangling resources?] and [http://forum.qt.io/topic/2200/other-tools-for-qt-development/2 Other tools for Qt Development]


This is a collection of tools for profiling and memory checking. It’s mostly a summary of programs/libraries mentioned in the forums, notably in threads “Advice on checking for memory leaks and dangling resources?”/forums/viewthread/1924 and [[forums/viewthread/2248/|Other tools for Qt Development]].
=== Linux, Mac OS X ===


===Linux, Mac OS X===
Valgrind is the tool of choice for analyzing a variety of issues on Linux and Mac OS X. It uses individual tools for specific analysis like profiling and memory checking. Qt Creator's Analyze mode integrates Valgrind, and provides both memory checking and profiling functionality from within the IDE. Valgrind needs to be installed for that to work. Valgrind is not available on Windows, but since memory issues are usually not platform dependent, analysis can be done on Linux or Mac OS X as well.


Valgrind is the tool of choice for analyzing a variety of issues on Linux and Mac OS X. It uses individual tools for specific analysis like profiling and memory checking. Qt Creator’s Analyze mode integrates Valgrind, and provides both memory checking and profiling functionality from within the <span class="caps">IDE</span>. Valgrind needs to be installed for that to work. Valgrind is not available on Windows, but since memory issues are usually not platform dependent, analysis can be done on Linux or Mac OS X as well.
* [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind]
There is a tutorial on how to debug C++ code with Valgrind on Linux at http://devmentor.posterous.com/debugging-with-valgrind (dead link---cached at https://web.archive.org/web/20130414182417/http://devmentor.posterous.com:80/debugging-with-valgrind)
* [http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net/html/Home.html KCacheGrind]
Visualizer for Valgrind profiling results
* [http://www.valgrind.org/downloads/current.html Valkyrie]
Qt4-based GUI for the Valgrind 3.6.x and 3.7.x series
* [https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/sdk/massif-visualizer Massif Visualizer]
visualizer for the massif (one of the valgrind tools) output
* [https://blog.qt.io/blog/2013/04/17/using-gccs-4-8-0-address-sanitizer-with-qt/ AddressSanitizer] Memory monitoring tool built into gcc 4.8 and clang


* [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind] ''[valgrind.org]''<br /> There is a tutorial on how to debug C++ code with Valgrind on Linux at http://devmentor.posterous.com/debugging-with-valgrind
=== Windows ===
* [http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net/html/Home.html KCacheGrind] ''[kcachegrind.sourceforge.net]''<br /> Visualizer for Valgrind profiling results
* [http://www.valgrind.org/downloads/current.html Valkyrie] ''[valgrind.org]''<br /> Qt4-based <span class="caps">GUI</span> for the Valgrind 3.6.x and 3.7.x series
* [https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/sdk/massif-visualizer Massif Visualizer] ''[projects.kde.org]''<br /> visualizer for the massif (one of the valgrind tools) output
* [https://blog.qt.io/blog/2013/04/17/using-gccs-4-8-0-address-sanitizer-with-qt/ AddressSanitizer] ''[blog.qt.io]'' Memory monitoring tool built into gcc 4.8 and clang


===Windows===
* [http://smartbear.com/product/aqtime-pro/overview/ AQTime Pro] (Commercial - €539) Find Issues & Memory Leaks with Application Runtime Analysis & Performance Profiling
 
* [http://www.borland.com/en-GB/Products/Software-Testing/Automated-Testing/Devpartner-Studio Borland Bounds Checker] (Commercial)
* [http://smartbear.com/products/development-tools/performance-profiling/ <span class="caps">AQT</span>ime] ''[smartbear.com]'' (commercial)<br /> can detect memory leaks, but is mainly for profiling
* [http://deleaker.com/ Deleaker] (Commercial - $99) Deleaker is a tool for C++ developers who want to find all possible known leaks in their projects. Detects memory, GDI and other leaks.
* [http://www.microfocus.com/products/micro-focus-developer/devpartner/index.aspx Bounds Checker] ''[microfocus.com]''
* [http://www.drmemory.org/ Dr.Memory] (Open-source) v1.9.0 | 2015-10-02 | Memory monitoring tool (Not working with Qt currently due to a [https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory/issues/1921 bug])
* [http://deleaker.com/ Deleaker] ''[deleaker.com]'' (commercial) detects memory, <span class="caps">GDI</span> and other leaks
* [https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-inspector-xe Intel Inspector XE] (Commercial - $1599) Memory and Thread Debugger
* [http://www.drmemory.org/ Dr.Memory] ''[drmemory.org]'' (Open-source memory monitoring tool)
* [http://lukestackwalker.sourceforge.net/ Luke Stackwalker] (Open-source) v0.9.9 | 2010-12-22 | CPU profiler based on sampling
* [http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-parallel-inspector/ Intel Parallel Inspector] ''[software.intel.com]'' (commercial)
* [http://unicomsi.com/products/purifyplus/ UNICOM Systems PurifyPlus] (Commercial) PurifyPlus is a runtime analysis tool suite that monitors your program as it runs and reports on key aspects of its behavior.
* [http://lukestackwalker.sourceforge.net/ Luke Stackwalker] ''[lukestackwalker.sourceforge.net]'' (Open-source <span class="caps">CPU</span> profiler based on sampling)
* [http://vld.codeplex.com/ Visual Leak Detector for Visual C++ 2008-2015] (Open-source) v2.4rc2 | 2014-04-06 | Visual Leak Detector is a free, robust, open-source memory leak detection system for Visual C++.
* [http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/purify/win/ Rational Purify] ''[01.ibm.com]'' (commercial)
* [http://www.codersnotes.com/sleepy Very Sleepy] (Open-source) v0.90 | 2014-12-23 | CPU profiler based on sampling (can't be attached to Qt processes on Windows 10 x64)
* [http://vld.codeplex.com/ Visual Leak Detector] ''[vld.codeplex.com]''
* [https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs Visual Studio Profiler] (Free in Visual Studio 2013 and 2015 Community Editions) CPU Sampling, Instrumentation, .NET Memory allocation, Resource Contention
* [http://www.codersnotes.com/sleepy Very Sleepy] ''[codersnotes.com]'' (Open-source <span class="caps">CPU</span> profiler based on sampling)
* [https://github.com/milostosic/MTuner MTuner] (Free) MTuner utilizes a novel approach to memory profiling & analysis, keeping entire time-based history of memory operations.
* Visual Studio Profiler (up to VS 2010 only in the ultimate version, VS 11 will have it in the professional version)
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/diagnostic/ Memory Leak Detection Tool] (Free, Open source code) High performance memory leak detection tool, 32/64-bit architectures are supported
 
* [https://github.com/ssbssa/heob heob] (Free, open-source) Detects buffer overruns and memory leaks. [https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-heob.html Integrated into Qt Creator].
===Categories:===
 
* [[:Category:Tools|Tools]]

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This is a collection of tools for profiling and memory checking. It's mostly a summary of programs/libraries mentioned in the forums, notably in threads Advice on checking for memory leaks and dangling resources? and Other tools for Qt Development

Linux, Mac OS X

Valgrind is the tool of choice for analyzing a variety of issues on Linux and Mac OS X. It uses individual tools for specific analysis like profiling and memory checking. Qt Creator's Analyze mode integrates Valgrind, and provides both memory checking and profiling functionality from within the IDE. Valgrind needs to be installed for that to work. Valgrind is not available on Windows, but since memory issues are usually not platform dependent, analysis can be done on Linux or Mac OS X as well.

There is a tutorial on how to debug C++ code with Valgrind on Linux at http://devmentor.posterous.com/debugging-with-valgrind (dead link---cached at https://web.archive.org/web/20130414182417/http://devmentor.posterous.com:80/debugging-with-valgrind)

Visualizer for Valgrind profiling results

Qt4-based GUI for the Valgrind 3.6.x and 3.7.x series

visualizer for the massif (one of the valgrind tools) output

Windows

  • AQTime Pro (Commercial - €539) Find Issues & Memory Leaks with Application Runtime Analysis & Performance Profiling
  • Borland Bounds Checker (Commercial)
  • Deleaker (Commercial - $99) Deleaker is a tool for C++ developers who want to find all possible known leaks in their projects. Detects memory, GDI and other leaks.
  • Dr.Memory (Open-source) v1.9.0 | 2015-10-02 | Memory monitoring tool (Not working with Qt currently due to a bug)
  • Intel Inspector XE (Commercial - $1599) Memory and Thread Debugger
  • Luke Stackwalker (Open-source) v0.9.9 | 2010-12-22 | CPU profiler based on sampling
  • UNICOM Systems PurifyPlus (Commercial) PurifyPlus is a runtime analysis tool suite that monitors your program as it runs and reports on key aspects of its behavior.
  • Visual Leak Detector for Visual C++ 2008-2015 (Open-source) v2.4rc2 | 2014-04-06 | Visual Leak Detector is a free, robust, open-source memory leak detection system for Visual C++.
  • Very Sleepy (Open-source) v0.90 | 2014-12-23 | CPU profiler based on sampling (can't be attached to Qt processes on Windows 10 x64)
  • Visual Studio Profiler (Free in Visual Studio 2013 and 2015 Community Editions) CPU Sampling, Instrumentation, .NET Memory allocation, Resource Contention
  • MTuner (Free) MTuner utilizes a novel approach to memory profiling & analysis, keeping entire time-based history of memory operations.
  • Memory Leak Detection Tool (Free, Open source code) High performance memory leak detection tool, 32/64-bit architectures are supported
  • heob (Free, open-source) Detects buffer overruns and memory leaks. Integrated into Qt Creator.