# mikesart/gpuvis

> A GPU trace visualizer for analyzing graphics application performance. Developed by Valve Software, useful for game and graphics developers for debugging and optimization.

- Magnitude: 4.3 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 959 total · +46 stars today, ≈ 66 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Developer tools · Language: C++ · License: MIT · Created: 2017-03-09 · Last push: 2026-09-09
- GitHub: https://github.com/mikesart/gpuvis · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/mikesart/gpuvis

## Useful for

- Visualize GPU trace to find rendering bottlenecks
- Compare frame performance in a game engine

## Why it’s here

- 46 stars so far today, about 65 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 0 per day, so that's 65× as much.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 0 per day.
- Hacker News: “gpuvis: GPU Trace Visualizer” — 39 points, 1 day ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 105
- Issues and pull requests: 106
- Watchers: 33
- Average over the last week: 10 per day
- Usual pace: 0 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 14
- Latest release: v0.1 (2022-01-24)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-05 … 2026-10-04: 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 46

## Hacker News

- gpuvis: GPU Trace Visualizer — 39 points, 5 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49935097

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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