neojhat

Command-line utility for analyzing JVM .hprof heap dumps. It's optimized for working with huge dump files that do not fit into computer RAM.

Install

Compile and install with `go install`

Make sure you have Go installed. Refer to https://go.dev/dl/ for installation instructions.
Run the command if you would like to get the latest development version
```
go install github.com/danielleontiev/neojhat@latest
```
or run this command to obtain the latest stable release
```
go install github.com/danielleontiev/neojhat@v0.2.0
```
Add $USER/go/bin to your $PATH or run directly from the directory

Download pre-compiled release binary from Releases page

Go to Releases and pick the binary from there.

Obtaining pre-compiled development version binary

Go to Actions, select the latest successful workflow and download neojhat from Artifacts section.

Help

neojhat --help

neojhat v0.2.0
neojhat (threads|summary|objects)

Usage of threads:
  -hprof string
        path to .hprof file (required)
  -local-vars
        show local variables
  -no-color
        disable color output
  -non-interactive
        disable interactive output
  -output value
        Output type. 'plain' (default) or 'html'

Usage of summary:
  -all-props
        print all available properties from java.lang.System
  -hprof string
        path to .hprof file (required)
  -no-color
        disable color output
  -non-interactive
        disable interactive output
  -output value
        Output type. 'plain' (default) or 'html'

Usage of objects:
  -hprof string
        path to .hprof file (required)
  -no-color
        disable color output
  -non-interactive
        disable interactive output
  -output value
        Output type. 'plain' (default) or 'html'
  -sort-by value
        Sort output by 'size' or 'count' (default)

There are three sub-command: threads, summary and objects.

`threads`

threads sub-command outputs thread dump at the time .hprof file was created.

neojhat threads --hprof /path/to/hprof/file

"main", ID=1, prio=5, status=TIMED_WAITING
    void java.lang.Thread.sleep(long) Thread.java:NativeMethod
    void Main.main(java.lang.String[]) Main.java:6
    java.lang.Object jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:NativeMethod
    java.lang.Object jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62
    java.lang.Object jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43
    java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) Method.java:566
    void com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main.execute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String[], com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main$Context) Main.java:404
    void com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main.run(java.lang.String[], java.lang.String[]) Main.java:179
    void com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main.main(java.lang.String[]) Main.java:119

"Reference Handler", ID=2, prio=10, status=RUNNABLE (daemon)
    void java.lang.ref.Reference.waitForReferencePendingList() Reference.java:NativeMethod
    void java.lang.ref.Reference.processPendingReferences() Reference.java:241
    void java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run() Reference.java:213

// ... full output omitted ...

It is also possible to print GC Roots in each stack frame with --local-vars option.

neojhat threads --hprof /path/to/hprof/file --local-vars

"main", ID=1, prio=5, status=TIMED_WAITING
    void java.lang.Thread.sleep(long) Thread.java:NativeMethod
    void Main.main(java.lang.String[]) Main.java:6
        local java.lang.String[]
        local java.lang.String
    java.lang.Object jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:NativeMethod
    java.lang.Object jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62
        local jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl
        local java.lang.Integer
        local java.lang.Object[]
    java.lang.Object jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43
        local jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
        local java.lang.Integer
        local java.lang.Object[]
    java.lang.Object java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object[]) Method.java:566
        local java.lang.reflect.Method
        local java.lang.Integer
        local java.lang.Object[]
        local jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
    void com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main.execute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String[], com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main$Context) Main.java:404
        local com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main
        local java.lang.String
        local java.lang.String[]
        local com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main$Context
        local com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main$MemoryClassLoader
        local class Main
        local java.lang.reflect.Method
    void com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main.run(java.lang.String[], java.lang.String[]) Main.java:179
        local com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main
        local java.lang.String[]
        local java.lang.String[]
        local sun.nio.fs.UnixPath
        local com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main$Context
        local java.lang.String
        local java.lang.String[]
    void com.sun.tools.javac.launcher.Main.main(java.lang.String[]) Main.java:119
        local java.lang.String[]

"Reference Handler", ID=2, prio=10, status=RUNNABLE (daemon)
    void java.lang.ref.Reference.waitForReferencePendingList() Reference.java:NativeMethod

// ... full output omitted ...

`summary`

summary prints some remarkable information about the program and JVM.

neojhat summary --hprof /path/to/hprof/file

- Environment
Architecture:          x86_64
JavaHome:              /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-11.jdk/Contents/Home
JavaName:              OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (11.0.12+7, mixed mode)
JavaVendor:            Eclipse Foundation
JavaVersion:           11.0.12
System:                Mac OS X

- Heap
Classes:               3563
GC Roots:              2058
Heap Size:             2M
Instances:             73224

- System
JVM Uptime:            45.813s

The output consists of three sections: Environment, Heap and System.

Environment

The first Environment section is selected fields from the content of system map of various properties stored inside java.lang.System class.

                                  // selected properties are:
java.lang.System.getProperties(); //
                                  // os.arch, os.name, java.home, java.version,
                                  // java.vm.name, java.vm.version, java.vm.info,
                                  // java.vm.vendor

The --all-props switch could be added to the command to print full content of Properties. It will add Properties section with the list of all properties and their values.

neojhat summary --hprof /path/to/hprof/file --all-props

- Properties
awt.toolkit:                         sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit
file.encoding:                       UTF-8
file.separator:                      /
ftp.nonProxyHosts:                   local|*.local|169.254/16|*.169.254/16
gopherProxySet:                      false
// ... full output omitted ...

Heap

Heap is the section with summed up statistics of the heap dump: number of loaded classes, number of GC Roots, heap size (in memory) and number of allocated instances appeared in heap dump.

System

System section shows uptime of the JVM. The duration computed as a difference between the time then the heap dump was taken and the value of

sun.management.ManagementFactoryHelper.runtimeMBean.vmStartupTime

which should contain approximate time when JVM was started.

`objects`

This command can print the table with the list of classes in the heap dump that sorted either by total size or by the number of instances. Sorting order is controlled with the --sort-by option.

neojhat objects --hprof /path/to/hprof/file --sort-by count

Instances: 73224
Total Suze: 2M

Class Name                                       |              Count ↓ |                Size |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
byte[]                                           |          16558 (22%) |          571K (22%) |
java.lang.String                                 |          16004 (21%) |           203K (7%) |
java.util.HashMap$Node                           |            4851 (6%) |           132K (5%) |
java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap$Node      |            3746 (5%) |           102K (4%) |
java.lang.Object[]                               |            3141 (4%) |          340K (13%) |
// ... full output omitted ...

neojhat objects --hprof /path/to/hprof/file --sort-by size

Instances: 73224
Total Suze: 2M

Class Name                                       |                Count |              Size ↓ |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
byte[]                                           |          16558 (22%) |          571K (22%) |
java.lang.Object[]                               |            3141 (4%) |          340K (13%) |
java.lang.String                                 |          16004 (21%) |           203K (7%) |
java.lang.reflect.Method                         |            1119 (1%) |           142K (5%) |
java.util.HashMap$Node                           |            4851 (6%) |           132K (5%) |
// ... full output omitted ...

Output Type

Output type can be controlled with --output flag. Currently supported formats are:

plain (default value) Formats output as simple plain-text as in examples above. By default it uses colorful output with ANSI colors. Can be disabled with --no-color flag.
html Formats output as single .html page that can be opened in the browser. For example,
```
neojhat threads --hprof /path/to/hprof/file --output html > threads.html
```

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Compile and install with `go install`

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neojhat

Install

Compile and install with go install

Download pre-compiled release binary from Releases page

Obtaining pre-compiled development version binary

Help

threads

summary

Environment

Heap

System

objects

Output Type

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