Mimalloc
Microsoft open source library
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mimalloc (pronounced "me-malloc") is a free and open-source compact general-purpose memory allocator developed by Microsoft[2] with focus on performance characteristics. The library is about 11000 lines of code and works as a drop-in replacement for malloc of the C standard library[3] and requires no additional code changes.[4] mimalloc was initially developed for the run-time systems of the Lean and Koka languages. Notable design aspects include free list sharding, eager page reset, and first-class heaps. It can co-exist with other memory allocators linked to the same program. mimalloc is available on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and *BSD.[5] The source code is licensed under MIT License and available on GitHub.[6]
| mimalloc | |
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| Original authors | Daan Leijen / Microsoft Research |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Initial release | July 2019 |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Windows, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, macOS, Linux |
| Type | Software library |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | microsoft |
| Repository | github |
See also
- C dynamic memory allocation – Dynamic memory management in the C programming language
- Manual memory management – Computer memory management methodology
- Dynamic memory allocation – Computer memory management methodology
- Hoard memory allocator – Memory allocator
