JDK VisualGC downloads statistics
By BeanSoft (7 listings) · JetBrains Marketplace · Profiling
A realtime Visual Garbage Collection Monitoring Tool for local or remote running Hotspot JVM, supports G1 and ZGC This plugin displayed a Visual GC tool window in your...
JDK VisualGC has 103,668 recorded downloads on JetBrains Marketplace.
It ranks #895 of 2,500 tracked JetBrains Marketplace listings by downloads.
It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.83 / 5 from 6 ratings
About JDK VisualGC
A realtime Visual Garbage Collection Monitoring Tool for local or remote running Hotspot JVM, supports G1 and ZGC
This plugin displayed a Visual GC tool window in your IDE, only supports HotSpot JVM(JDK 1.5 to OpenJDK/Oracle JDK 20, JBR 8 ~ JBR 17). New feature: Instant run and monitor Java program GC directly in IDEA(Paid feature);
View ZGC(Z Garbage Collector) details (Paid feature);
View Remote JVM's GC details (Paid feature);
monitoring the detailed GC activity such as G1 stop the world full connection time.
Usage: 1). From main interface bottom;
2). From menu Tools > New VisualGC Window.
3) Support monitoring remote JVMs, please use this guide: Remote JVM Connection
If you are using IDEA 2022.2, then must follow the guide to make the plugin works:
From the main menu, select Help | Edit Custom VM Options.
If you do not have any project open, on the Welcome screen, click Configure and then Edit Custom VM Options.
In the editor, append following line and then restart your IDE:
--add-exports=jdk.internal.jvmstat/sun.jvmstat.monitor=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.internal.jvmstat/sun.jvmstat.monitor.event=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.internal.jvmstat/sun.jvmstat.perfdata.monitor=ALL-UNNAMED
Chinese Instructions Below:
实时可视化 Hotspot JVM 垃圾回收监控工具, 支持查看本地和远程JVM进程, 支持G1 and ZGC算法
在IDEA中显示 VisualGC 工具窗口或打开新窗口, 便于一边运行代码一边观察GC情况. 仅支持HotSpot JVM(JDK 1.5 到 OpenJDK/Oracle JDK 20, JBR 8 ~ JBR 17). 新功能: 在IDEA中直接运行并监视Java代码GC情况(付费解锁);
实时监控 ZGC(Z Garbage Collector) 详情(付费解锁);
实时监控远程服务器JVM列表和GC详情(付费解锁);
允许监控详细的GC活动例如 G1 Full GC 消耗时间.
用法:
1) 点击停靠窗口下方的 VisualGC;
2) 打开新的独立运行窗口使用菜单 Tools > 新建 VisualGC 窗口.
3) 支持监视远程运行的JVM进程的GC, 参考文档: 远程 JVM 连接配置.
如果你用的是 IDEA 2022.版本, 那么按照如下步骤进行修改才能正常运行插件:
从IDEA的主菜单, 选择 帮助 | 编辑自定义VM选项….
如果还没打开任何项目, 则从欢迎屏幕, 点击 选项菜单小齿轮然后选择 编辑自定义VM选项…. 在编辑器中, 追加下列配置并重启 IDE:
--add-exports=jdk.internal.jvmstat/sun.jvmstat.monitor=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.internal.jvmstat/sun.jvmstat.monitor.event=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports=jdk.internal.jvmstat/sun.jvmstat.perfdata.monitor=ALL-UNNAMED
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Listing: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14557-jdk-visualgc. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.