Command-line tool

valgrind

brew/valgrind

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Dynamic analysis tools (memory, debug, profiling)

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Linux

brew install valgrind

Use the (default) Memcheck tool to show a diagnostic of memory usage by `program`

valgrind program

Use Memcheck to report all possible memory leaks of `program` in full detail

valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all program

Use the Cachegrind tool to profile and log CPU cache operations of `program`

valgrind --tool=cachegrind program

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