google/benchmark
A microbenchmark support library
About the project
Google's C++ microbenchmark library: measures the performance of code snippets much like unit tests. Aimed at developers optimizing performance-critical code.
Useful for
- Measure a function's runtime before and after optimization
- Compare performance of several algorithm implementations
- Integrate benchmarks into CI to catch regressions
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Why it’s trending
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +4 stars.
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 10,442
- Today
- 0 · ≈ 1 by evening
- Forks
- 1,806
- Issues and pull requests
- 2,273
- Watchers
- 203
- Language
- C++
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Latest release
- v1.9.5 · January 21, 2026
- Created
- December 12, 2013
- Last push
- September 29, 2026
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