# Install sysprof with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper Statistical, system-wide profiler. Version 50.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sysprof ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sysprof ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add sysprof ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libsysprof-6-6 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libsysprof ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsysprof 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#sysprof ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: sysprof from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S sysprof ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sysprof from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libsysprof-6-6 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libsysprof-6-6 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sysprof - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 50.0 - **Source summary:** Statistical, system-wide profiler - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause-Patent AND BSD-3-Clause AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:25-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - sysprof (cli) - sysprof-agent (cli) - sysprof-cat (cli) - sysprof-cli (cli) - sysprof (alias) - sysprof-agent (alias) - sysprof-cat (alias) - sysprof-cli (alias) ## Dependencies - cairo - elfutils - glib - graphene - gtk4 - hicolor-icon-theme - json-glib - libadwaita - libdex - libpanel - libunwind - pango - polkit - systemd ## Build dependencies - desktop-file-utils - gettext - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 50.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Sysprof is GNOME's system-wide statistical profiler for Linux, used to sample whole-system behavior and inspect call graphs, allocations, and main-loop stalls. ### Project history The GNOME GitLab repository has an INITIAL tag dated 2004 and a 1.1.2 release tag dated 2009, showing that Sysprof predates the current GNOME developer-documentation surface. GNOME's current developer documentation presents Sysprof as a whole-system profiler rather than a profiler limited to one process, making it especially relevant for desktop stacks with many cooperating components. ### Adoption history Sysprof is documented as part of GNOME's developer tool set. The supplied package-manager facts show it packaged for Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Arch, Nix, and openSUSE. ### How it is used Developers use Sysprof to record samples, inspect call graphs by process and call stack, investigate allocation-heavy paths, and identify main-loop operations such as fsync or read calls that can make applications miss frames. For command-line users and packagers, the important executables are sysprof, sysprof-cli, sysprof-cat, and sysprof-agent. ### Why package nerds care Sysprof matters to package nerds because it is a low-level performance tool that sits at the boundary between desktop development and Linux kernel profiling support. It is also a good example of GNOME tooling that packagers expose both as a graphical application and CLI/agent utilities, so dependency choices and integration with platform debug symbols affect the value of the package. ### Timeline - 2004: GNOME GitLab repository tag INITIAL. - 2009: GNOME GitLab repository tag 1.1.2 release. - Current GNOME docs: Sysprof documented as a system-wide statistical profiler for Linux. ### Related projects - GNOME developer documentation lists Sysprof among profiling and optimization tools near Valgrind and Massif, but Sysprof's niche is system-wide sampling of Linux desktop activity. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## 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:** sysprof - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Requirements:** linux - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libsysprof-6-6 - 48.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for system-wide Linux profiler | https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/ - Debian apt - libsysprof-6-dev - 48.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | development files for system-wide Linux profiler | https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/ - Debian apt - libsysprof-6-modules - 48.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-6-modules from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | LD_PRELOAD modules for system-wide Linux profiler | https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/ - Debian apt - libsysprof-capture-4-dev - 48.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsysprof-capture-4-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | capture library for system-wide Linux profiler | https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/ - Debian apt - sysprof - 48.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sysprof from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | system-wide Linux profiler | https://apps.gnome.org/Sysprof/ - Nix - sysprof: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: sysprof from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - libsysprof-6-6 - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-6-6 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for system-wide Linux profiler | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof - Ubuntu apt - libsysprof-6-dev - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-6-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | development files for system-wide Linux profiler | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof - Ubuntu apt - libsysprof-6-modules - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-6-modules from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | LD_PRELOAD modules for system-wide Linux profiler | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof - Ubuntu apt - libsysprof-capture-4-dev - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsysprof-capture-4-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | capture library for system-wide Linux profiler | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof - Ubuntu apt - sysprof - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sysprof from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | system-wide Linux profiler | https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Sysprof - apk - sysprof - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System-wide profiler for Linux | http://www.sysprof.com/ - apk - sysprof-dev - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System-wide profiler for Linux (development files) | http://www.sysprof.com/ - apk - sysprof-doc - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System-wide profiler for Linux (documentation) | http://www.sysprof.com/ - apk - sysprof-lang - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package sysprof | http://www.sysprof.com/ - apk - sysprof-static - 50.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sysprof-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System-wide profiler for Linux (static library) | http://www.sysprof.com/ ## Related links - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cairo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cairo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [elfutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elfutils/) - 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