# Superluminal Profiler

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Superluminal Profiler and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A paid profiler that people recommend for latency work, finding it much better than alternatives they tried. It is often suggested alongside Tracy.

## Why people recommend it

- Much better than alternatives for latency (1 comments): "it was much better then all of the other alternatives I tried when optimizing for latency" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295914))
- Described as spectacular (1 comments): "Superluminal is spectacular." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47994319))
- Often suggested alongside Tracy (1 comments): "Maybe Superluminal now? Tracy?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664813))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [perf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/perf.md): 13 recommend
- [Java Flight Recorder](https://hackerapproved.com/p/java-flight-recorder.md): 10 recommend
- [Instruments](https://hackerapproved.com/p/instruments.md): 9 recommend
- [Perfetto](https://hackerapproved.com/p/perfetto.md): 8 recommend
- [Python 3.15 sampling profiler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python-3-15-sampling-profiler.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

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