macOS
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Convert the output from many profilers into a Graphviz dot graph. Version 2025.4.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
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Nixverified · 92%
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overview
Package summary
Convert the output from many profilers into a Graphviz dot graph
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gprof2dot
history
Project history and usage
gprof2dot is a Python command-line tool by Jose Fonseca that converts profiler output into Graphviz dot call graphs. The project README and PyPI page describe support for Linux perf, Valgrind callgrind, Sysprof, Xperf, VTune, Very Sleepy, Python profilers, Java HPROF, prof/gprof, DTrace, and stackcollapse data from FlameGraph.
Its niche is performance visualization without a heavy IDE: collect profile data with an existing profiler, run gprof2dot to produce a dot graph, and render it with Graphviz.
Project history
The project began as a single Python script oriented around gprof-style output and grew into a multi-format profiler converter. The GitHub repository contains the main gprof2dot.py script, examples, schema data, tests, packaging metadata, and sample images.
The README records that the maintainer considers the tool to fulfill his needs and has limited maintenance time, which helps explain its conservative evolution: new profiler formats and compatibility work are added around a stable core rather than through a large application framework.
Adoption history
PyPI lists gprof2dot as a mature console package for developers, with Jose Fonseca and toutpt as maintainers and Python 3.8 or newer as the package requirement. Homebrew packages it with Graphviz and Python dependencies, and the input package-manager facts also list Fedora and Nix.
The package is adopted where profiling workflows need portable artifacts: CI reports, command-line investigations, or sharing a rendered call graph with teammates who do not have the original profiler UI installed.
How it is used
The canonical workflow pipes profiler data through gprof2dot and then through Graphviz, for example perf script output into gprof2dot -f perf and dot -Tpng. The README also documents workflows for Xperf, VTune, gprof, Python profile/cProfile, Java HPROF, DTrace, stackcollapse, and graph comparison.
Options prune small nodes and edges, choose input format, pick color maps, strip C++ qualifiers, focus on roots or leaves, limit graph depth, and compare two similarly structured profiles.
Why package nerds care
gprof2dot is a durable glue package: it connects many profilers to Graphviz through a small CLI and avoids being tied to a single language runtime or profiler UI.
Package maintainers care about it because it is pure-Python-ish operationally but depends on Graphviz for the visible payoff; the package is most valuable when the executable and dot renderer are both easy to install from the same ecosystem.
Timeline
- 2025: PyPI records release 2025.4.14 and Python >=3.8 metadata.
- 2026: Homebrew metadata packages gprof2dot with Graphviz and Python dependencies.
Related projects
- Graphviz is the rendering backend for dot output.
- xdot.py is recommended by the README as an interactive viewer for generated graphs.
- FlameGraph stackcollapse data is a related input format, bridging gprof2dot with flame-graph tooling.
- Linux perf, Valgrind callgrind, gprof, DTrace, VTune, Xperf, Sysprof, Python profilers, and Java HPROF are related profiler sources.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gprof2dot | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2025.4.14
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dot
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dotnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gprof2dot |
|---|---|
| Version | 2025.4.14 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gprof2dot |
| Homepage | https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dot |
| Repository | https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dot |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dot#readme |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bb/fd/cad13fa1f7a463a607176432c4affa33ea162f02f58cc36de1d40d3e6b48/gprof2dot-2025.4.14.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | graphviz, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gprof2dot |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
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Nix95%
gprof2dot
nix profile install nixpkgs#gprof2dot- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gprof2dot
dnf95%
gprof2dot 1.0-0.29.D20250404gitff9cd266b9.fc44
Generate dot graphs from the output of several profilers
https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dot
sudo dnf install gprof2dot- License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: gprof2dot
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gprof2dot
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment