Deleaker: a plugin for Qt Creator to find leaks (memory, GDI, handles etc.)
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Dear developers,
I really hope that this is the right place to share news about plugins for Qt Creator.
We've just released new Deleaker 2019.20 with support of Qt Creator.
Deleaker is a tool to find leaks for C++ developers on Windows. It is available as a standalone application and also can be integrated into Visual Studio and RAD Studio (Delphi / C++ Builder). CLion support is coming.
Now it's time for Qt Creator.
No more memory leaks, GDI leaks, leaks of handles and other.
You can get Deleaker here.
I''ve recorded a video tutorial, and also below you will find some text and pictures that illustrate how Deleaker works within Qt Creator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fomfpeuc-0oThe installer detects available versions of Qt Creator:
![0_1562161822676_installer[1].png](https://ddgobkiprc33d.cloudfront.net/b965769e-93c3-4643-86a4-b4a217e8b5d3.png)
New Deleaker menu is added:
![0_1562161898840_deleaker_menu[1].gif](https://ddgobkiprc33d.cloudfront.net/bfda3900-8fb0-4235-861a-ceebce4a48d1.gif)
You can take a snapshot while debugging, or once a process exits to review allocations and possible leaks:

It's easy to walk a call stack that is available for each allocation:
![0_1562162016664_goto_source_code[1].gif](https://ddgobkiprc33d.cloudfront.net/8ad86cd8-44bf-4a52-b391-6ca96a32abbe.gif)
If you think that Deleaker can be useful for you please get a demo version.
Happy coding!
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What does Deleaker do that Heob does not? I use Heob for memory leaks, but I don't know much more than that. I also use Valgrind for Linux, and I know it does more than Heob.
@fcarney I can't beleive I missed your question. Comparing with Heob, Deleaker provides more features like taking snapshot at any moment, and comparing them later. Besides heap allocations, Deleaker also tracks COM/ActiveX/GDI/USER32 leaks etc.