# Install flamegraph with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix Stack trace visualizer. Version 1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#flamegraph. ## 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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 - **Version:** 1.0 - **Source summary:** Stack trace visualizer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - 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) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.0 ## 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 ## 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 - 1.0-24.20241020git41fee1f.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: flamegraph from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Stack trace visualizer | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-demos - 1.0-24.20241020git41fee1f.fc45: 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Demos of graphs produced by flamegraph | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-stackcollapse - 1.0-24.20241020git41fee1f.fc45: 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Stack collapsers and support scripts | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-stackcollapse-perf - 1.0-24.20241020git41fee1f.fc45: 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Stack collapser for perf output | http://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html - dnf - flamegraph-stackcollapse-php - 1.0-24.20241020git41fee1f.fc45: 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/flamegraph.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/flamegraph.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph