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Install valgrind with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Dynamic analysis tools (memory, debug, profiling). Version 3.27.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install valgrind.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install valgrind

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install valgrind

MacPorts ports tree · devel/valgrind/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add valgrind

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · valgrind · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install valgrind

Debian stable package indexes · valgrind · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install valgrind

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · valgrind · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#valgrind

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/va/valgrind/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S valgrind

Arch Linux sync databases · valgrind · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install valgrind

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · valgrind · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Dynamic analysis tools (memory, debug, profiling)

Commands and aliases

  • callgrind_annotate
  • callgrind_control
  • cg_annotate
  • cg_diff
  • cg_merge
  • ms_print
  • valgrind
  • valgrind-di-server
  • valgrind-listener
  • vgdb
  • vgstack

history

Project history and usage

Valgrind began as Julian Seward's attempt to build an open source memory-checking tool for x86/Linux in the spirit of Purify, but without source rewriting or relinking. Nicholas Nethercote's twentieth-anniversary retrospective places the first 1.0 release in July 2002, after early use by KDE developers, and notes that Cachegrind was committed in April 2002. Soon afterward the project split its generic dynamic-binary-instrumentation engine from individual analysis tools: the original memory checker became Memcheck, while Valgrind became the overall framework.

Project history

That split shaped Valgrind's long-term role. The official manual describes it as an instrumentation framework with standard tools including Memcheck for C/C++ memory errors, Cachegrind and Callgrind for cache/call profiling, Helgrind and DRD for thread errors, Massif and DHAT for heap profiling, plus smaller developer and research tools. This made Valgrind both a daily debugging command and a platform for building heavyweight dynamic-analysis experiments.

The project also became influential research and infrastructure. Nethercote records papers on Memcheck's bit-precise undefined-value tracking and Valgrind's heavyweight instrumentation architecture, and notes that later tools such as AddressSanitizer were inspired by Memcheck while making different speed/coverage tradeoffs. By the 2010s Seward and Nethercote had moved into emeritus roles, with many other contributors and Mark Wielaard as lead maintainer, but Valgrind remained a reference tool for deep user-space dynamic analysis.

Adoption history

Adoption followed the places where native-code correctness bugs are expensive: C and C++ applications, libraries, language runtimes, databases, browsers, scientific programs, embedded software, and automated regression suites. The Valgrind site emphasizes that it works on existing binaries without recompilation and that it has been used on projects ranging from personal code to very large codebases. Its standard package-nerd usage remains direct and boring: compile with debug symbols, run a program under `valgrind` or a selected `--tool`, inspect source-mapped diagnostics, and, for CI or release checks, fail builds on leaks, invalid accesses, or concurrency issues.

How it is used

Adoption followed the places where native-code correctness bugs are expensive: C and C++ applications, libraries, language runtimes, databases, browsers, scientific programs, embedded software, and automated regression suites. The Valgrind site emphasizes that it works on existing binaries without recompilation and that it has been used on projects ranging from personal code to very large codebases. Its standard package-nerd usage remains direct and boring: compile with debug symbols, run a program under `valgrind` or a selected `--tool`, inspect source-mapped diagnostics, and, for CI or release checks, fail builds on leaks, invalid accesses, or concurrency issues.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for valgrind. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
callgrind_annotateexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
callgrind_controlexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
cg_annotateexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
cg_diffexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
cg_mergeexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
ms_printexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
valgrindexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
valgrind-di-serverexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
valgrind-listenerexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
vgdbexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
vgstackexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03
manager version3.27.1
manager updated2026-05-20
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:valgrind
Version3.27.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://www.valgrind.org/
Last updated2026-05-20T16:57:52Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Debian apt95%

valgrind 1:3.24.0-3

instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo apt install valgrind
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • 4 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: valgrind from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

valgrind-mpi 1:3.24.0-3

instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools (MPI module)

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo apt install valgrind-mpi
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: valgrind-mpi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

valgrind

nix profile install nixpkgs#valgrind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/valgrind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

valgrind 1:3.22.0-0ubuntu3

instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo apt install valgrind
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 dependencies
  • 6 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: valgrind from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

valgrind-mpi 1:3.22.0-0ubuntu3

instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis tools (MPI module)

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo apt install valgrind-mpi
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: valgrind-mpi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

valgrind 3.25.1-r2

Tool to help find memory-management problems in programs

https://valgrind.org/

sudo apk add valgrind
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: valgrind from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

valgrind-dev 3.25.1-r2

Tool to help find memory-management problems in programs (development files)

https://valgrind.org/

sudo apk add valgrind-dev
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: valgrind-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

valgrind-doc 3.25.1-r2

Tool to help find memory-management problems in programs (documentation)

https://valgrind.org/

sudo apk add valgrind-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: valgrind-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

valgrind-scripts 3.25.1-r2

Tool to help find memory-management problems in programs (perl+python cachegrind/callgrind script tools)

https://valgrind.org/

sudo apk add valgrind-scripts
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: valgrind-scripts from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

valgrind 3.27.1-2.fc45

Dynamic analysis tools to detect memory or thread bugs and profile

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND bzip2-1.0.6 AND (GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later AND ISC) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later AND Unlicense) AND
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

valgrind-devel 3.27.1-2.fc45

Development files for valgrind aware programs

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind-devel
  • License: bzip2-1.0.6
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

valgrind-docs 3.27.1-2.fc45

Documentation for valgrind tools, scripts and gdb integration

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind-docs
  • License: GFDL-1.2-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind-docs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

valgrind-gdb 3.27.1-2.fc45

Tools for integrating valgrind and gdb

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind-gdb
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind-gdb from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

valgrind-openmpi 3.27.1-2.fc45

OpenMPI support for valgrind

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind-openmpi
  • License: bzip2-1.0.6
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind-openmpi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

valgrind-scripts 3.27.1-2.fc45

Scripts for post-processing valgrind tool output

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind-scripts
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later OR MPL-2.0)
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind-scripts from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

valgrind-tools-devel 3.27.1-2.fc45

Development files for building valgrind tools.

https://www.valgrind.org/

sudo dnf install valgrind-tools-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND bzip2-1.0.6 AND (GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later AND ISC) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later AND Unlicense) AND
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: valgrind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Valgrind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: valgrind-tools-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

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