# Sysprof 2.x

## Design

### libsysprof-2

This library provides various UI components and profiling tools as a library.
It is intended to be used from IDEs such as GNOME Builder.

### sysprofd

Sometimes, your current user does not have the required capabilities
such as (`CAP_SYS_ADMIN`) to access performance counters. This daemon provides
a way to get access to those counters while going through the normal
authorization flow users are familiar with.

### sysprof-cli

This is a command line tool to help you capture in an automated fashion or
when you don't have access to a UI or want to remove the UI overhead from
system traces.

### sysprof

This is the tranditional Sysprof interface. It uses libsysprof-2 to setup
and manage performance counters and display results.