mimalloc
| mimalloc | |
|---|---|
| Original authors | Daan Leijen / Microsoft Research |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Initial release | July 2019 |
| Stable release | 2.2.7[1]
/ 15 January 2026, and 3.2.7 release candidate 2 / 15 January 2026 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Windows, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, macOS, Linux |
| Type | Software library |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | microsoft |
| Repository | github |
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]
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
References
- ^ "microsoft/mimalloc".
- ^ "Maruf Ali: Investigation of Memory Allocators" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ "Microsoft releases optimized malloc() as open source - Slashdot". slashdot.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
- ^ "Analysis of mimalloc". Develop Paper. September 11, 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com. 25 June 2019.
- ^ "microsoft/mimalloc". July 5, 2020. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020 – via GitHub.
Further reading
- Leijen, Daan; Zorn, Benjamin; De Moura, Leonardo (2019). Mimalloc: Free List Sharding in Action (PDF). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34175-6_13. ISBN 978-3-030-34174-9. S2CID 198363081.