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perf vs BCC: catalog facts
perf	BCC
Free Free and open source as part of the Linux kernel.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Uses hardware performance counters and kernel tracepoints Profiles both the whole system and single processes	Many ready-made tracing tools Low-overhead tracing through eBPF
Linux only Command-line output takes practice to interpret	Linux only and needs a recent kernel with eBPF support Usually requires root privileges
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: Apache-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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