HawkTracer is a highly portable, low-overhead, configurable profiling tool built in Amazon Video for getting performance metrics from low-end devices.

HawkTracer is available on most popular platforms: Linux, Windows, OS X. The library can be used with C and C++.

The library provides many different types of events (e.g. CPU usage event, duration tracepoint), but the list can easily be extended by the user.

General

Build and Install
Tutorials
Integrate HawkTracer to existing project
Design
Frequently asked question

Core features

Multiplatform support: Linux, macOS, Windows
Low CPU and memory overhead
Easy integration with existing projects
Simple macros for code instrumentation
Streaming data over TCP/IP protocol or saving them to a file

Community

Currently the only way to contact the community is to join the Gitter channel amzn/hawktracer.

For feature requests or bug reports, please use GitHub form.

Development

All development on HawkTracer is done on the GitHub project. Instructions for contributing can be found on the Contributing Guidelines page.