yappi 1.0

Yet Another Python Profiler

# Yappi
**Y**et **A**nother **P**ython **P**rof**i**ler, but this time support Multithread/CPU time profiling.

[](https://www.travis-ci.org/sumerc/yappi)


## Motivation

CPython standard distribution comes with three profilers. `cProfile`, `Profile` and `hotshot`.
`cProfile` is implemented as a C module based on `lsprof`, `Profile` is in pure Python and
`hotshot` can be seen as a small subset of a cProfile.

*The major issue is that all of these profilers lack support for multi-threaded programs and CPU time.*

If you want to profile a multi-threaded application, you must give an entry point to these profilers and then maybe merge
the outputs. None of these profilers are designed to work on long-running multi-threaded application.It is impossible to profile an application retrieve the statistics then stop and then start later on the fly (without affecting the profiled
application).

## Highlights

- Profiler can be started/stopped at any time from any thread in the application.
- Profile statistics can be obtained from any thread at any time.
- Profile statistics can show actual [CPU Time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_time) used instead of Wall time.
- "Profiler pollution" (effect on the application run-time) is very minimal.

## Installation

Can be installed via PyPI

```
$ pip install yappi
```

OR from the source directly.

```
$ pip install git+https://github.com/sumerc/yappi#egg=yappi
```

## Documentation

- [Introduction](doc/introduction.md)
- [Clock Types](doc/clock_types.md)
- [API](doc/api.md)
- [THANKS](THANKS.md)

## Features
- Profiler results can be saved in [callgrind](http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/cl-format.html) or [pstat](http://docs.python.org/3.4/library/profile.html#pstats.Stats) formats. (*new in 0.82*)
- Profiler results can be merged from different sessions on-the-fly. (*new in 0.82*)
- Profiler results can be easily converted to pstats. (*new in 0.82*)
- Profiling of multithreaded Python applications transparently.
- Supports profiling per-thread [CPU time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_time) (*new in 0.62*)
- Profiler can be started from any thread at any time.
- Ability to get statistics at any time without even stopping the profiler.
- Various flags to arrange/sort profiler results.
- Supports Python >= 2.7.x

## Limitations:
* Threads must be derived from "threading" module's Thread object.

## Talks

- Python Performance Profiling: The Guts And The Glory

[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOKcZjI5zME)

## PyCharm Integration

Yappi is the default profiler in `PyCharm`. If you have Yappi installed, `PyCharm` will use it. See [the official](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/profiler.html) documentation for more details.