System requirements

YourKit Java Profiler consists of two parts: the profiler UI (a desktop application) and the profiler agent that is loaded into Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The profiler UI and profiler agent can be run on different computers with different operating systems, and therefore they have different system requirements.

Supported Java virtual machines

YourKit Java Profiler supports profiling of the following Java 8 - Java 24 JVMs:

DCEVM (Dynamic Code Evolution Virtual Machine) JVM: experimental, non-production ready support.
IBM JDK and OpenJ9
OpenJDK, including builds from:
- AdoptOpenJDK
- Amazon Corretto
- Azul Zulu
- BellSoft Liberica JDK
- JetBrains
- Microsoft
- Oracle
- Red Hat
- SapMachine
Oracle JDK

Requirements for the profiler agent

If your system is on the list below, then you can profile your Java applications using the YourKit Profiler agent.

Linux

arm32 (ARMv7 or later, hard-float), glibc 2.25 or later
arm64, glibc 2.25 or later
arm64, musl libc 1.2.2 or later
ppc64le, glibc 2.25 or later
x64, glibc 2.17 or later
x64, musl libc 1.2.2 or later
x86, glibc 2.17 or later

macOS

arm64, macOS 11.2 or later
x64, macOS 10.15 or later

Windows

arm64, x64, x86:

Windows 11, Windows Server 2022
Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

Requirements for the profiler UI

CPU: any modern CPU. The profiler utilizes multithreading to perform various operations, thus data processing occurs faster the more processor cores the CPU has.
RAM: 4 GiB. The more RAM your system has, the faster the loading and analysis of data.
Disk space: 1 GiB.
Screen resolution: FullHD (1920x1080) is a minimal requirement. For comfort work we recommend to use 2K (2560x1440), or 4K (4096x2304) screens.

Linux

arm64, glibc 2.27 or later
x64, glibc 2.27 or later

macOS

arm64, macOS 11.2 or later
x64, macOS 10.15 or later

Windows

arm64, Windows 11 or later
x64, Windows 10 or later