VMware chap

Chap identifies memory leaks directly from ELF core files without requiring instrumented code, making it practical for production incidents where instrumentation is impractical or distorts timing, as highlighted in the motivation.

Supports glibc malloc and CPython allocator out of the box, with tentative support for tcmalloc and partial support for golang, allowing analysis across different memory management systems as noted in the README.

Features an interactive REPL with command history and tab completion using the replxx library, enabling detailed memory investigation without needing external debuggers, as shown in the quick start example.

Designed for reliability in automated testing pipelines to catch leaks before code commits, with options like the -t flag for truncation checks that can fail builds, per the description and usage.