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Perfetto vs perf: catalog facts
Perfetto	perf
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source as part of the Linux kernel.
Windows, Linux, Android, Web, Command line	Linux, Command line
Trace viewer runs fully in the browser, even offline Built into Android since Android 9	Uses hardware performance counters and kernel tracepoints Profiles both the whole system and single processes
System profiling targets Linux and Android Aimed at engineers familiar with tracing concepts	Linux only Command-line output takes practice to interpret
Downloadable app, Web application	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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