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From: Compaile <77390911+Compaile@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 11:05:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 CTRACK combines the ease of use of manual timing with the robustness of professional benchmarking tools, all in a package that's production-ready and highly adaptable. Its ability to quickly identify performance issues in multithreaded scenarios makes useful tool for modern C++ development.
 
 
+## Inspired By
+
+CTRACK stands on the shoulders of giants in the C++ performance analysis ecosystem. We're grateful to the following projects and their maintainers for pioneering innovative approaches to performance measurement, particularly the timing-by-lifetime concepts that became foundational to CTRACK's design:
+
+- [Darknet](https://github.com/hank-ai/darknet) 
+- [dlib](https://dlib.net/dlib/timing.h.html) 
+- [Tracy Profiler](https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy)
+- [Google Benchmark](https://github.com/google/benchmark)
+- [CppBenchmark](https://github.com/chronoxor/CppBenchmark)
+- [nanobench](https://github.com/martinus/nanobench)
+
+
 ## Contributing
 
 We welcome and encourage contributions from the community! Your input helps make CTRACK better for everyone. Here's how you can contribute:
@@ -329,6 +341,7 @@ Found a bug? We want to hear about it! Please open an issue on our GitHub reposi
 ### Feature Requests
 Have an idea for a new feature? Feel free to open an issue to discuss it. We're always looking for ways to make CTRACK more useful.
 
+
 ## License
 
 This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.