# Heaptrack

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Heaptrack and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free memory profiler that shows where a program allocates memory and whether allocations leak, recommended for finding performance problems.

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Heaptrack", https://hackerapproved.com/p/heaptrack/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).