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Instruments (software)

Instruments (formerly Xray) is an application performance analyzer and visualizer by Apple Inc., integrated in Xcode 3.0 and later versions of Xcode. It is built on top of the DTrace tracing framework from OpenSolaris, which was ported to Mac OS X v10.5 and which is available in all following versions of macOS.

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Developer
Apple Inc
License
Proprietary freeware
Operating system
macOS
Stable release
26.0 / September 15, 2025
Type
Tracing & Profiling

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Instruments (software)

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples6
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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Instruments (software)

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Developer · 1
Instruments (software) → Apple Inc
License · 1
Instruments (software) → Proprietary freeware
Operating system · 1
Instruments (software) → macOS
Stable release · 1
Instruments (software) → 26.0 / September 15, 2025
Type · 1
Instruments (software) → Tracing & Profiling
Website · 1
Instruments (software) → help.apple.com/instruments

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Instruments (software)DeveloperApple Inc1.00infobox
Instruments (software)LicenseProprietary freeware1.00infobox
Instruments (software)Operating systemmacOS1.00infobox
Instruments (software)Stable release26.0 / September 15, 20251.00infobox
Instruments (software)TypeTracing & Profiling1.00infobox
Instruments (software)Websitehelp.apple.com/instruments1.00infobox

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