• [ANN] Austin -- CPython frame stack sampler v2.0.0 is now available

    From Gabriele@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 13 14:36:14 2020
    I am delighted to announce the release 2.0.0 of Austin. If you haven't
    heard of Austin before, it is an open source frame stack sampler for
    CPython, distributed under the GPLv3 license. It can be used to obtain statistical profiling data out of a running Python application without a single line of instrumentation. This means that you can start profiling a Python application straightaway, even while it's running on a production environment, with minimal impact on performance.

    The simplest way of using Austin is by piping its output to FlameGraph
    for a quick and detailed representation of the collected samples. The
    latest release introduces a memory profiling mode which allows you to
    profile memory usage.

    Austin is a pure C application that has no other dependencies other than
    the C standard library. Its source code is hosted on GitHub at

    https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin

    The README contains installation and usage details, as well as some
    examples of Austin in action. Details on how to contribute to Austin's development can be found at the bottom of the page.

    Austin can be installed easily on the following platforms and from the following sources:

    Linux:
    - Snap Store
    - Debian repositories

    macOS:
    - Homebrew

    Windows:
    - Chocolatey
    - Scoop

    Austin is also simple to compile from sources as it only depends on the standard C library, if you don't have access to the above listed sources.

    Besides support for Python 3.9, this new release of Austin brings a considerable performance enhancement that allows it to sample up to 8
    times faster than previous versions. But please do read on until the end
    to find out about some new tools that take advantage of all the key
    features of Austin.

    Due to increasing popularity, the sample Python applications that were included in the main repository have been moved to dedicated projects on GitHub. The TUI can now be found at

    https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin-tui

    while Austin Web is now available from

    https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin-web

    They can both be installed easily from PyPI, but in order to use them the Austin binary needs to be on the PATH environment variable. These
    projects now rely on the austin-python Python package that provides a
    Python wrapper around Austin. If you are considering making your own
    profiling tool based on Austin, this package can spare you from writing boilerplate code, so it's worth having a look at it at

    https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin-python

    The documentation is hosted on RTD at

    https://austin-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

    Finally, I am happy to announce the release of pytest-austin, a plugin
    for pytest that allows you to set up performance regression testing by
    simply decorating your existing pytest test suite. The plugin launches
    Austin to profile your test runs, meaning that no further instrumentation
    is required. For more details, check out the project on GitHub

    https://github.com/P403n1x87/pytest-austin

    Like the other Austin tools, pytest-austin can be installed easily from
    PyPI.

    You can stay up-to-date with the project's development by following
    Austin on Twitter (https://twitter.com/AustinSampler).

    All the best,
    Gabriele <phoenix1987@gmail.com>


    <p><a href="https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin">Austin 2.0.0</a> -
    frame stack sampler for CPython. (13-Oct-20)</p>

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