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Tracy Profiler – a real-time, nanosecond resolution frame profiler

119 points by asgeir 6y ago

saagarjha 6y ago
Looks cool; does anyone happen to know which platforms it supports? The emphasis on game development makes me fear it's Windows-only, but I couldn't find anything relevant in the README.
- compressedgas 6y ago
  The `manual/tracy.tex` states that Tracy Profiler supports MSVC, GCC, CLANG with C++14 and it is known to work on the following platforms: Windows (x86, x64) Linux (x86, x64, ARM, ARM64) Android (ARM, ARM64, x86) FreeBSD (x64) Cygwin (x64) MinGW (x64) WSL (x64) OSX (x64) iOS (ARM, ARM64)
  - b1ueduck 6y ago
    for those like me, who couldn't build the documentation : ``` docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/home philipptempel/docker-ubuntu-tug-texlive ``` maybe I am dreaming, but it would be great if we could use this in a webassembly app
    - bialpio 6y ago
      & for those like me who initially missed the link to the documentation, it is available on github, in the releases: https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/releases/download/v0.6.3/tracy.pdf https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/releases/download/v0.6.3/tr...
- kirankp89 6y ago
  It's fairly simple to add support for new platforms. I've used Tracy on every major game console, none of which are officially supported coz of the walled off SDKs.
qppo 6y ago
> 2.1.5 Problematic platforms > Some OS vendors think they own and control the devices you have paid for > 2.1.5.2 Android Lunacy > In its infinite wisdom Google has decided to not give you any option to bypass this restriction. I really dislike this tone and trend in engineering projects - I understand cross-platform developer frustration as much as the next guy, but snide, cynical comments come across as unprofessional and naive. If it truly bothers you so much, don't support those platforms. Be the change you want to see. I'm just trying to find out how to build your project on a free OS because you only distribute binaries for Windows. Not parse a manifesto.
- rootlocus 6y ago
  If you want to use the profiler client, you just add `TracyClient.cpp` to your build target (page 9 of the manual / somewhat common sense). If you want to build the profiler (or any other tool), there are Makefiles for unix: https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/tree/master/profiler/build/unix https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/tree/master/profiler/build/... > I'm just trying to find out how to build your project on a free OS because you only distribute binaries for Windows Funny enough, you're also showing your frustration with cynical comments which come across as unprofessional and naive.
- bsdubernerd 6y ago
  If you don't support the platform somebody else will complain OR send you some code to do so, at which point you're going to be seen as bad if you don't include it anyway. It is cynic, but for platforms such as Android or iOS it is fully deserved IMHO. You'd _want_ to support these because, in all likelihood, you _have_ to work with them.
- flohofwoe 6y ago
  > come across as unprofessional Why should a free tool need to come across as "professional" though. There's enough boring "professionalism" in the documentation of commercial tools where the legal department makes double-sure that nothing slips through. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the authors putting their personal opinion into the documentation of their tool and voicing their frustration about shortcomings of "professional" platforms they have no power to change anyway.
OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago
What is meant by "frame" in this case? I can think of a stack frame or a frame displayed on the screen.

119 points by asgeir 6y ago

Looks cool; does anyone happen to know which platforms it supports? The emphasis on game development makes me fear it's Windows-only, but I couldn't find anything relevant in the README.

compressedgas 6y ago
The `manual/tracy.tex` states that Tracy Profiler supports MSVC, GCC, CLANG with C++14 and it is known to work on the following platforms: Windows (x86, x64) Linux (x86, x64, ARM, ARM64) Android (ARM, ARM64, x86) FreeBSD (x64) Cygwin (x64) MinGW (x64) WSL (x64) OSX (x64) iOS (ARM, ARM64)
- b1ueduck 6y ago
  for those like me, who couldn't build the documentation : ``` docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/home philipptempel/docker-ubuntu-tug-texlive ``` maybe I am dreaming, but it would be great if we could use this in a webassembly app
  - bialpio 6y ago
    & for those like me who initially missed the link to the documentation, it is available on github, in the releases: https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/releases/download/v0.6.3/tracy.pdf https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/releases/download/v0.6.3/tr...
kirankp89 6y ago
It's fairly simple to add support for new platforms. I've used Tracy on every major game console, none of which are officially supported coz of the walled off SDKs.

qppo 6y ago

> 2.1.5 Problematic platforms > Some OS vendors think they own and control the devices you have paid for > 2.1.5.2 Android Lunacy > In its infinite wisdom Google has decided to not give you any option to bypass this restriction. I really dislike this tone and trend in engineering projects - I understand cross-platform developer frustration as much as the next guy, but snide, cynical comments come across as unprofessional and naive. If it truly bothers you so much, don't support those platforms. Be the change you want to see. I'm just trying to find out how to build your project on a free OS because you only distribute binaries for Windows. Not parse a manifesto.

rootlocus 6y ago
If you want to use the profiler client, you just add `TracyClient.cpp` to your build target (page 9 of the manual / somewhat common sense). If you want to build the profiler (or any other tool), there are Makefiles for unix: https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/tree/master/profiler/build/unix https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/tree/master/profiler/build/... > I'm just trying to find out how to build your project on a free OS because you only distribute binaries for Windows Funny enough, you're also showing your frustration with cynical comments which come across as unprofessional and naive.
bsdubernerd 6y ago
If you don't support the platform somebody else will complain OR send you some code to do so, at which point you're going to be seen as bad if you don't include it anyway. It is cynic, but for platforms such as Android or iOS it is fully deserved IMHO. You'd _want_ to support these because, in all likelihood, you _have_ to work with them.
flohofwoe 6y ago
> come across as unprofessional Why should a free tool need to come across as "professional" though. There's enough boring "professionalism" in the documentation of commercial tools where the legal department makes double-sure that nothing slips through. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the authors putting their personal opinion into the documentation of their tool and voicing their frustration about shortcomings of "professional" platforms they have no power to change anyway.

OnACoffeeBreak 6y ago

What is meant by "frame" in this case? I can think of a stack frame or a frame displayed on the screen.