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BCC vs perf: catalog facts
BCC	perf
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source as part of the Linux kernel.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Many ready-made tracing tools Low-overhead tracing through eBPF	Uses hardware performance counters and kernel tracepoints Profiles both the whole system and single processes
Linux only and needs a recent kernel with eBPF support Usually requires root privileges	Linux only Command-line output takes practice to interpret
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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