diff --git a/pkg/printer/metrics.go b/pkg/printer/metrics.go
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+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package printer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime/metrics"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func printGoRoutineMetrics() {
+	fmt.Println("\nGoroutine metrics:")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines-created:goroutines", "Created")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines:goroutines", "Live")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/not-in-go:goroutines", "Syscall/CGO")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/runnable:goroutines", "Runnable")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/running:goroutines", "Running")
+	printMetric("/sched/goroutines/waiting:goroutines", "Waiting")
+
+	fmt.Println("Thread metrics:")
+	printMetric("/sched/gomaxprocs:threads", "Max")
+	printMetric("/sched/threads/total:threads", "Live")
+}
+
+func printMetric(name string, descr string) {
+	sample := []metrics.Sample{{Name: name}}
+	metrics.Read(sample)
+
+	var val string
+
+	switch sample[0].Value.Kind() {
+	case metrics.KindFloat64, metrics.KindFloat64Histogram:
+		val = fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", sample[0].Value.Float64())
+	case metrics.KindUint64:
+		val = strconv.FormatUint(sample[0].Value.Uint64(), 10)
+	case metrics.KindBad:
+		val = "n/a"
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("  %s: %v\n", descr, val)
+}