# Install sysprof with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper Statistical, system-wide profiler. Version 50.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libsysprof-6-6. ## 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 sysprof ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sysprof from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install sysprof ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sysprof 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#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 sysprof ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sysprof from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sysprof - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 50.0 - **Source summary:** Statistical, system-wide profiler - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:25-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - sysprof (alias) - sysprof-agent (alias) - sysprof-cat (alias) - sysprof-cli (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 50.0 ## 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 ## 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/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sysprof.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sysprof.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