BLOATY(1)

💖 BLOATY(1) 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about Bloaty McBloatface — yes that's fr its name, and yes it's iconic. this is the manual page for version 1.1, and it's a size profiler for binaries. like, it tells you why your binary is so dang thicc. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Bloaty — manual page for Bloaty McBloatface 1.1, your fave size profiler 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Bloaty McBloatface: a size profiler for binaries. no cap, that's literally the whole vibe.

Here's how you run it:

bloaty [OPTION]... FILE... [-- BASE_FILE...]

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --csv — output in CSV format instead of the human-readable one. spreadsheet girlies rise 🍓
• --tsv — output in TSV format instead of the human-readable one. tabs > commas, controversial but valid
• -c FILE — load configuration from FILE. give it the config, it eats the config 💖
• -d SOURCE,SOURCE — a comma-separated list of sources to scan. yes, plural, you can stack 'em ✨
• --debug-file=FILE — use this file for debug symbols and/or the symbol table. it's giving "I brought my own receipts" 💅
• -C MODE — how to demangle symbols. the possible values are:
• --demangle=MODE, --demangle=none — no demangling, prints raw symbols. just the way nature made 'em 🙈
• --demangle=short — demangle, but omit arg/return types. clean, minimal, lowkey perfect
• --demangle=full — print the full demangled type. every last crumb, no skimping 👑

The default is --demangle=short.

• --disassemble=FUNCTION — disassemble this function. it's marked (EXPERIMENTAL), so treat it like a cute lil beta feature, bestie — handle with care 😭
• --domain=DOMAIN — which domains to show. the possible values are: --domain=vm, --domain=file, --domain=both (that last one is the default). pick your fighter ⭐
• -n NUM — how many rows to show per level before collapsing the other keys into '[Other]'. set it to '0' for unlimited. defaults to 20. so yes, 0 = no limits, main character energy 🌈
• -s SORTBY — whether to sort by VM or File size. the possible values are:
• -s vm
• -s file
• -s both — this is the default, and it sorts by max(vm, file). the math is mathing 💜
• -w — wide output; doesn't truncate long labels. let the labels breathe, they've earned it 🦋
• --help — display this message and exit. the classic escape hatch, we love her
• --list-sources — show a list of available sources and exit. window shopping, but for sources 🎀
• --source-filter=PATTERN — only show keys with names matching this PATTERN. filter them like a curated feed ✨

🧚 Options for debugging Bloaty

• --debug-vmaddr=ADDR
• --debug-fileoff=OFF

— these two print extended debugging information for the given VM address and/or file offset. like, both of them together do that thing, iykyk 🔥

• -v — verbose output. dumps warnings encountered during processing and full VM/file maps at the end. and the way that you can add more v's — -vv, -vvv — for even more?? obsessed 😭💖

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fr fr: every flag, every default, every possible value above is load-bearing. don't skip the boring ones, bestie, that's where the lore lives 👑

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okay that's the whole page, and now the cute sign-off: this was Bloaty McBloatface 1.1, dated September 2025, and the page itself goes by BLOATY(1). slay, go profile something, periodt 💅✨🫶