# Install tracy with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, winget Real-time, nanosecond resolution frame profiler. Version 0.13.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tracy ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tracy ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tracy ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/tracy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/tracy ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tracy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id wolfpld.tracy -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: wolfpld.tracy from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tracy - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.13.1 - **Source summary:** Real-time, nanosecond resolution frame profiler - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:21:22-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - tracy (cli) - tracy-capture (cli) - tracy-csvexport (cli) - tracy-import-chrome (cli) - tracy-import-fuchsia (cli) - tracy-profiler (cli) - tracy-update (cli) - tracy (alias) - tracy-capture (alias) - tracy-csvexport (alias) - tracy-import-chrome (alias) - tracy-import-fuchsia (alias) - tracy-profiler (alias) - tracy-update (alias) ## Dependencies - aklomp-base64 - freetype - glfw - md4c - nativefiledialog-extended - pugixml - tidy-html5 - zstd ## Build dependencies - cmake - nlohmann-json - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.13.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy - Upstream latest detected: v0.13.1 (current) ## Project history and usage Tracy Profiler is a real-time, remote telemetry, hybrid frame and sampling profiler with nanosecond-resolution positioning. It is especially associated with games and other performance-sensitive native applications. ### Project history The public GitHub repository for Tracy was created in March 2020, and official release metadata includes v0.6.3 in April 2020. The repository has since grown into a large C++ codebase with profiler, capture, import, export, update, server, examples, documentation, and manual components. The README describes Tracy as supporting CPU profiling with direct C, C++, Lua, Python, and Fortran integration, plus third-party language bindings, GPU profiling across major graphics and compute APIs, memory allocation tracking, locks, context switches, and frame-linked screenshots. Release metadata shows sustained development through the 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10, 0.11, 0.12, and 0.13 lines, with v0.13.1 published in December 2025. The official releases include the PDF documentation and compiled Windows x64 binaries as assets, while package managers such as Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and winget provide system-package routes. ### Adoption history Tracy's adoption is visible in both its official integration surface and its packaging footprint. The README calls out third-party bindings for languages such as Rust, Zig, C#, OCaml, and Odin, which indicates use beyond the directly supported C/C++-centered workflow. The project page emphasizes games but explicitly includes other applications, and lists GPU APIs including OpenGL, Vulkan, Direct3D 11/12, Metal, OpenCL, CUDA, and WebGPU. That breadth made Tracy attractive to developers who want one profiler spanning CPU zones, GPU work, frame timing, memory, and synchronization behavior. For package managers, Tracy is larger than a single executable: the Homebrew package exposes the GUI profiler plus capture, CSV export, import, and update tools. That makes the package useful both for interactive analysis and for scripted capture/export workflows. ### How it is used A typical Tracy workflow instruments an application with the client library, runs the profiler to connect to or open captures, and inspects frame timing, zones, samples, memory, locks, GPU events, and other telemetry in real time or from saved traces. Companion tools such as capture and csvexport support non-interactive and post-processing workflows. The README directs users to the bundled documentation for usage and build instructions, to releases for the `tracy.pdf` manual and Windows binaries, and to an interactive demo. Video links on the README also show a release-by-release introduction path from older 0.x versions. ### Why package nerds care Tracy is a major package-nerd profiler because it packages a sophisticated native performance tool as reproducible command-line and desktop artifacts. It sits at the intersection of game-development tooling, systems performance analysis, and cross-platform package distribution. Its Homebrew formula is notable for shipping multiple executables, while other package ecosystems expose it to Linux, Windows, and developer-shell workflows. For people who collect and compare developer tools, Tracy is the modern example of a high-end profiler that can still be installed with a package-manager command. ### Timeline - 2020-03: GitHub repository created. - 2020-04: v0.6.3 release metadata published. - 2020-06: v0.7 released. - 2022-03: v0.8 released. - 2023-10: v0.10 released. - 2024-07: v0.11 released. - 2025-05: v0.12 released. - 2025-12: v0.13.1 released. ### Related projects - OpenGL, Vulkan, Direct3D, Metal, OpenCL, CUDA, WebGPU, Rust bindings, Zig bindings, C# bindings, OCaml bindings, Odin bindings, game-development profilers. ### Sources - - - - - - source_facts.executables - 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:** tracy - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - tracy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/tracy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/tracy: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tracy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - wolfpld.tracy: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: wolfpld.tracy from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [aklomp-base64](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aklomp-base64/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [md4c](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/md4c/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [tidy-html5](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tidy-html5/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [zstd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [py-spy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/py-spy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance, profiler, profiling. - [samply](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/samply/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance, profiler, profiling. - [sysprof](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sysprof/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance, profiler, profiling. - [uftrace](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uftrace/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools, profiling, tracing. - [cargo-flamegraph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-flamegraph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance, profiling. - [clang-build-analyzer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-build-analyzer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cpp, developer-tools, profiling. - [counts](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/counts/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance, profiling. - [flamebearer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flamebearer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, performance, profiling. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tracy.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tracy.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