# Install flamegraph with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix Stack trace visualizer. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:flamegraph ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install flamegraph ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install flamegraph ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/flamegraph/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install flamegraph ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#flamegraph ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flamegraph/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:flamegraph - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0 - **Source summary:** Stack trace visualizer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** CDDL-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - difffolded.pl (cli) - files.pl (cli) - flamegraph.pl (cli) - pkgsplit-perf.pl (cli) - range-perf.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-aix.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-elfutils.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-gdb.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-go.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-instruments.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-jstack.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-ljp.awk (cli) - stackcollapse-perf-sched.awk (cli) - stackcollapse-perf.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-pmc.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-recursive.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-sample.awk (cli) - stackcollapse-stap.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-vsprof.pl (cli) - stackcollapse-vtune.pl (cli) - stackcollapse.pl (cli) - difffolded.pl (alias) - files.pl (alias) - flamegraph.pl (alias) - pkgsplit-perf.pl (alias) - range-perf.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-aix.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-elfutils.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-gdb.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-go.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-instruments.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-jstack.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-ljp.awk (alias) - stackcollapse-perf-sched.awk (alias) - stackcollapse-perf.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-pmc.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-recursive.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-sample.awk (alias) - stackcollapse-stap.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-vsprof.pl (alias) - stackcollapse-vtune.pl (alias) - stackcollapse.pl (alias) ## Uses from macOS - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/brendangregg/FlameGraph - Upstream latest detected: v1.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage FlameGraph is Brendan Gregg's reference implementation for creating interactive SVG flame graphs from stack profiles. It ships the `flamegraph.pl` renderer and many `stackcollapse-*` converters that turn profiler output into folded stack input. ### Project history The official Flame Graphs page describes flame graphs as a visualization Brendan Gregg created to identify the most frequent code paths in profiled software. The GitHub project packages the open source programs used to create interactive SVGs. The repository documents a three-step workflow: capture stacks, fold stacks, and render with `flamegraph.pl`. Its converter scripts cover profiler outputs from Linux perf, DTrace, SystemTap, FreeBSD pmcstat, Xcode Instruments, Intel VTune, Java jstack, Go pprof, gdb, and other sources. ### Adoption history The visualization spread from Gregg's performance-engineering work into talks, articles, operating-system profilers, open source tools, and commercial profilers. The official site says there are now over 100 other implementations and that flame graphs are available in most commercial profilers. A major adoption path was the simplicity of the file format: profilers only need stack samples that can be collapsed into semicolon-separated folded stacks, after which the reference Perl script emits a portable interactive SVG. ### How it is used The common package workflow is `perf record` or another profiler to capture stacks, `stackcollapse-*` to produce folded stacks, and `flamegraph.pl` to create an SVG. The README shows examples for Linux perf and DTrace and notes that folded input can be filtered with tools such as `grep` before rendering. The scripts expose options for title, width, frame height, colors, palettes, inverted icicle graphs, flame charts, differential colors, and consistent palette maps. ### Why package nerds care FlameGraph is one of the canonical tiny-tools packages: mostly scripts, little ceremony, and huge influence. Package managers distribute it because one checkout provides the reference renderer plus a toolbox of converters for many profiling ecosystems. Its significance is also cultural. The package gave systems programmers a common visual language for stack-profile data, and the folded-stack interchange format made it easy for unrelated profilers and language runtimes to interoperate. ### Timeline - 2013: Brendan Gregg gave an early LISA plenary talk on flame graphs. - 2016: The Flame Graph article was published in ACM Queue and Communications of the ACM. - 2017: Gregg presented an updated USENIX ATC talk, Visualizing Performance with Flame Graphs. - 2020s: Official site reports over 100 implementations and broad support in commercial profilers. ### Related projects - d3-flame-graph is identified by the official site as a widely used interactive d3 implementation. - FlameScope is linked from the official site for time-range-oriented flame graph analysis. - Linux perf, DTrace, SystemTap, Xcode Instruments, VTune, jstack, and Go pprof are among the profiler ecosystems supported by converter scripts. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** flamegraph - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - flamegraph: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flamegraph/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - flamegraph - 1.0-23.20241020git41fee1f.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Stack trace visualizer | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-demos - 1.0-23.20241020git41fee1f.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph-demos from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Demos of graphs produced by flamegraph | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-stackcollapse - 1.0-23.20241020git41fee1f.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph-stackcollapse from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Stack collapsers and support scripts | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-stackcollapse-perf - 1.0-23.20241020git41fee1f.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph-stackcollapse-perf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Stack collapser for perf output | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-stackcollapse-php - 1.0-23.20241020git41fee1f.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph-stackcollapse-php from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Stack collapser for PHP | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - MacPorts - flamegraph: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/flamegraph/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - 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[combined/flamegraph.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/flamegraph.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph