Is there a visual profiler for Python? [closed]

Answer 1

I've written a browser-based visualization tool, profile_eye, which operates on the output of gprof2dot.

gprof2dot is great at grokking many profiling-tool outputs, and does a great job at graph-element placement. The final rendering is a static graphic, which is often very cluttered.

Using d3.js it's possible to remove much of that clutter, through relative fading of unfocused elements, tooltips, and a fisheye distortion.

For comparison, see profile_eye's visualization of the canonical example used by gprof2dot. For Python in particular, see a cProfile output example.

Answer 2

I have used plop and found it to be very light-weight. Gives a quick insight into the perf.

Answer 3

Python Tools for Visual Studio contains a very well done graphical profiler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCx7rlPyEzE&hd=1

http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Answer 4

Try out Snakeviz. Very easy to install (via pip) and it's browser based.

https://jiffyclub.github.io/snakeviz/

Answer 5

This person created a graphical profile, described here. Maybe you could use that as a starting point for your own work.

Answer 6

Python Call Graph generates pics very similar to those in maxy's answer. It also shows total time for each function, for some reason it's not reflected in the example graphs.