ANTS Memory Profiler^™: Profile the memory usage of your .NET application

Latest version: 5.2

Find memory leaks and optimize memory usage

Automatic memory management in .NET makes development a lot easier; however, it's still easy to introduce memory leaks into your application. For example, in a complex application, it's easy to forget to unregister event handlers, and these are notorious for holding on to objects which you don't need to keep in memory any more. This typically leads to an increase in memory usage, which can lead to your application exhibiting poor performance, or even running out of memory and crashing, if it remains unchecked and unresolved. This is where a memory profiler becomes necessary.

Why is it easy to work with ANTS Memory Profiler 5?

• Obtain clear, meaningful results, making it easier for you to interpret the information.
• Get results fast – With a footprint of less than 32 MB, the profiler can comfortably profile large, complex applications, with virtually no overhead. Take as many snapshots of the heap memory as you like, and in seconds rather than minutes.
• Quickly visualize the relationship between your objects – Use the new object retention graph to quickly see why your leaking objects are still being held in memory. You don't have to build a mental map to keep track of how objects link to each other.
• Zero in fast on common causes of memory leaks – Powerful filtering options allow you to focus on common causes of memory leaks, enabling you to quickly get to the root of the problem.

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So, if you're programming in C# or VB.NET, and you need to understand where your memory is going, give ANTS Memory Profiler a try. It takes five minutes to download, install, and start using the tool.