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heapSpank detects Java memory leaks in minutes! Just download the jar and point to the process id (pid) of a running JVM that you want to monitor for leaks. *No heapdump required – it’s easy! Like this:
java -jar heapSpank-0.09.jar 8173
Using data from JAVA_HOME/bin/jmap -histo myPid, heapSpank shows the percentage of time that byte counts are on the rise for the 15 classes most likely to be leaking.
Classes that reach “100%” are the most likely to be leaky.
Notes
- For best results, warm up an application for a few minutes at ‘steady state’ before launching heapSpank.
- Small leaks, as well as large ones, are identified.
- MD5 (heapSpank-0.09.jar) = 54189f15017280ecf29116926e8593d2
- Apache 2.0 license.
- Do you know someone who has expertise with the IBM J9 JVM? Need help answering this question on stackoverflow.com so heapSpank can support the J9.
Limitations
- Only works with HotSpot JVM, because data is furnished by HotSpot’s jmap -histo
- Curretly does not support jmap’s connection to remote JVMs….but please create an issue if that feature would be helpful.
- Does not detect metaspace/permgen leaks. For java 8+, use these instructions to look turn on verbose class loading and look for classes loading long after your JVM is warmed up – they are leaks.
Forum
- Send your questions/feedback to heapSpank@googlegroups.com for discussion.
- Forum history available here.
- To report a bug or ask for an enhancement open an issue here.
Competition
In case heapSpank is not quite what you were looking for, here are a few similar tools that do memory comparisons in search of memory leaks:
- This python script compares two histogram (jmap -histo) runs.
- This code uses aspectj to track instance counts on ever-growing java.util collections.
- Many blogs/tools use heapDumps to diagnose memory leaks.
- Open-source that auto-generates and auto-analyzes heap dumps, looking for leaks. Github site and this blog.
- This blog recommends using JVisualVM to analyze a heapdump.
- Eclipse MAT will compare two heap dumps as shown here.