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gpuvis: GPU Trace Visualizer

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gpuvis is an open-source GPU trace visualizer that displays and inspects GPU workload timelines to help diagnose rendering and performance issues. The codebase (1,778 commits) includes source, sample traces, build scripts (CMake, Meson, Makefile), QtCreator project files, images and patches, plus desktop metadata for packaging. The project exposes a GUI built with SDL and Dear ImGui, ships sample traces, and provides documentation via a linked wiki and README. It has broad community use and maturity signaled by 915 stars and 104 forks, making it suitable for developers needing a desktop tool to step through command streams, timings and synchronization events captured from graphics stacks.

The software is MIT licensed (Valve copyright 2019) and bundles or depends on several third‑party libraries: Dear ImGui (MIT), imgui_freetype, SDL, gl3w, stb utilities (public domain), embedded fonts (various MIT/Apache licenses), and utility libraries like miniz, {fmt} and RapidJSON. trace-cmd is used and is licensed under GNU GPL v2. Licensing notes and credits are documented in the repository, which also includes contributions, patches and third‑party attributions. The package layout and included assets make it straightforward to build and integrate into debugging workflows for GPU and graphics engine developers.

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