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A keyboard-driven TUI for exploring Go pprof profiles. Faster than go tool pprof -http, no browser needed — works in any terminal, including over SSH.

12 starsGo

Nice TUI for Go Pprof

by rumno0·Apr 26, 2026·2 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

●●SolidNiche GemCozy

Terminal-based pprof viewer with diff mode beats the browser for SSH workflows.

Strengths
  • History traversal lets you step through profile snapshots without losing context
  • Goroutine state grouping exposes blocking patterns the web UI obscures
  • Works over SSH without needing to forward ports or open browsers
Weaknesses
  • Flame graph rendering in terminal lacks the visual clarity of browser-based versions
  • Only 8 stars suggests limited community adoption and testing
Target Audience

Go developers doing performance profiling

Similar To

go tool pprof · Parca · pprof-web

Post Description

I’ve started a TUI for interacting with prof files or a live endpoint with traversal through history and file diff’ing - let me know what you think!

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