# Pyroscope Continuous Profiling Platform by Grafana

> Pyroscope is an open-source continuous profiling platform by Grafana Labs that helps identify CPU, memory, and I/O bottlenecks at the line-of-code level. It integrates natively with Grafana for flame graph visualization and supports profiling for Go, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, Rust, and .NET applications.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/pyroscope-continuous-profiling-platform-by-grafana` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/pyroscope-continuous-profiling-platform-by-grafana`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/pyroscope-continuous-profiling-platform-by-grafana/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/pyroscope-continuous-profiling-platform-by-grafana

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# Pyroscope Continuous Profiling Platform by Grafana

Pyroscope is an open-source continuous profiling platform by Grafana Labs that helps identify CPU, memory, and I/O bottlenecks at the line-of-code level. It integrates natively with Grafana for flame graph visualization and supports profiling for Go, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, Rust, and .NET applications.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install pyroscope-io/brew/pyroscope
- brew services start pyroscope
- docker run -it -p 4040:4040 grafana/pyroscope

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![DockerHub](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/grafana/pyroscope.svg)](https://hub.docker.com/r/grafana/pyroscope)
- ### Docker
- <td align="center"><a href="https://grafana.com/docs/pyroscope/latest/configure-client/language-sdks/python/"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23323466/178160553-c78b8c15-99b4-43f3-a2a0-252b6c4862b1...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Grafana Pyroscope is a continuous profiling platform designed to surface performance insights from your applications, helping you optimize resource usage such as CPU, memory, and I/O operations. With Pyroscope, you ca...
- ## **Quick Start: Run Pyroscope server locally**
- ## **Quick Start: Run Explore Profiles UI in Grafana**

- Source: https://github.com/grafana/pyroscope
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/pyroscope/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/pyroscope-continuous-profiling-platform-grafana/)