README.md

heroku-buildpack-jemalloc

I am a Heroku buildpack that installs jemalloc into a dyno slug.

Unmaintained 👋

This Heroku buildpack is no longer actively maintained. It should continue to work but won't see changes as updates to Heroku or jemalloc are released.

Consider switching to gaffneyc/heroku-buildpack-jemalloc if you run into problems or want to try a newer release of jemalloc.

Using

To use jemalloc with your app, either prefix commands with jemalloc.sh <cmd> or set LD_PRELOAD=/app/vendor/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.so.1 in your environment (it will then apply to all commands run).

Example, in your Procfile:

web: jemalloc.sh bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb

Setting LD_PRELOAD can sometimes mess with the building of an app - if you're seeing errors during slug compilation, try removing LD_PRELOAD and just using jemalloc.sh.

Composed

Heroku now supports using multiple buildpacks for an app.

heroku buildpacks:add --index 1 https://github.com/mojodna/heroku-buildpack-jemalloc.git
git push heroku master

If you're not seeing great results from Jemalloc 4.x, you can try Jemalloc 3.6 instead:

heroku buildpacks:add --index 1 https://github.com/mojodna/heroku-buildpack-jemalloc.git#v3.6.0
git push heroku master

Note that you can also use this syntax to lock your buildpack to a specific release.

Building

This uses Docker to build against Heroku stack-image-like images.

make

Artifacts will be dropped in dist/. See Dockerfiles for build options.