MicroProfile

7.0easy start · #10 of 22
in Game Profiling Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

MicroProfile is ranked #10 of 22 in game profiling software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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MicroProfile Free Embeddable C++ profiler · MIT licensed github.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on game profiling software

Free plan: Yes
CPU profiling: Yes
GPU profiling: Yes
Frame-time analysis: Yes
Supported platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux; console support is mentioned but consoles are unspecified

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Purpose: MicroProfile is an embeddable profiler written in C++ and provided in a few files.
Instrumentation: Code can be instrumented with timer macros, and the implementation file microprofile.cpp must be included in the project.
Live view: The live view runs by opening the profiler’s host on port 1338 in Chrome and can capture the last 30 frames by default.
Capture output: Captures are self-contained webpages that can be saved and shared, and profile data can also be dumped to HTML or CSV files.
GPU timing: GPU timers are available for OpenGL, D3D11, D3D12, and Vulkan.
Counters and timeline: It supports counters shown in live and capture views, plus timeline markers for longer-running unique timers.
Capture comparison: Two captures can be compared in detailed view, but captures from earlier versions are incompatible with this feature.
Dynamic instrumentation: Dynamic instrumentation is supported on Intel x86-64 on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and the project describes it as experimental.
Dynamic instrumentation requirements: Dynamic instrumentation requires MICROPROFILE_DYNAMIC_INSTRUMENT_ENABLE and linking distorm; Linux builds also need -rdynamic.
Resource use: The default per-thread profiling buffer allocation is 2 MB, with GPU buffers defaulting to 128 KB each.
Dependencies: The project lists miniz for compressed captures, distorm for dynamic instrumentation, stb_sprintf, raw_pdb, and Dear ImGui among its dependencies.
License: The repository’s license is MIT and grants permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies subject to its conditions.
Maker: The GitHub profile identifies the maintainer as Jonas Meyer and lists Denmark.
Price from: Free

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Best Game Profiling Software in 2026#10 of 22

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Sources

github.com/jonasmr/microprofile· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/jonasmr/microprofile/blob/master/LICENS· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/jonasmr· checked 4 Oct 2026