Command-line tool

py-spy

brew/py-spy

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Sampling profiler for Python programs

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install py-spy

Linux

brew install py-spy

Show a live view of the functions that take the most execution time of a running process

py-spy top -p process_id

Start a program and show a live view of the functions that take the most execution time

py-spy top -- python path/to/file.py

Produce an SVG flame graph of the function call execution time

py-spy record -o path/to/profile.svg -p process_id

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