# Results for "debugger utilities"

> AI-ranked search results for `debugger utilities` on awesome-repositories.com — ordered by an LLM for relevance, best match first. 115 total matches; showing the top 13.

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## Results

- [cs01/gdbgui](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/cs01-gdbgui.md) (10,338 ⭐) — gdbgui is a web-based graphical frontend and visualizer for the GNU Debugger. It serves as a compiled language debugger that provides source-level inspection for C, C++, Go, Rust, and Fortran.

The project acts as a remote debugging interface, providing a secure web portal for connecting to and controlling GDB sessions over a network. It distinguishes itself by offering a browser-based environment to visualize call stacks and data structures for programs running via the GNU Debugger.

The interface covers program execution control and breakpoint management, featuring graphical variable inspect
- [mfussenegger/nvim-dap](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/mfussenegger-nvim-dap.md) (6,955 ⭐) — nvim-dap is a Neovim plugin that serves as a client implementation of the Debug Adapter Protocol. It provides a language-agnostic debugger interface that integrates external debugger binaries into the editor, allowing users to manage breakpoints and step through code.

The project enables remote process debugging by attaching to running processes or containerized applications via TCP sockets and network proxies. It supports connecting to debug adapters through standard input/output or TCP, with specialized support for launching and attaching to Java processes.

The plugin covers program execut
- [longld/peda](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/longld-peda.md) (6,130 ⭐) — Peda is a security tool suite and exploit development framework designed for binary analysis, debugger automation, and memory inspection. It functions as a set of Python scripts that extend a debugger to automate the analysis of compiled files and the inspection of process memory.

The project provides specialized utilities for memory corruption research, including a payload generation utility for creating cyclic patterns to discover buffer overflows and a gadget finder to locate return-oriented programming sequences within binaries. It differentiates itself by offering a visualization tool th
- [hugsy/gef](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/hugsy-gef.md) (8,020 ⭐) — GEF is a Python-based extension for GDB that serves as a framework for binary analysis, exploit development, and low-level debugging. It functions as a dynamic analysis extension designed to assist in reverse engineering workflows and malware analysis by enhancing the debugger's ability to inspect process state and memory.

The project is distinguished by its specialized heap analysis tools, which allow for the inspection of glibc heap arenas, bins, and chunks to detect memory corruption. It also provides a dedicated toolkit for exploit development, including cyclic pattern generation for offs
- [cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/cyrus-and-gdb-dashboard.md) (12,214 ⭐) — gdb-dashboard is a visual frontend and Python-based extension for GDB. It provides a modular dashboard that enables real-time visualization of program state during debugging sessions.

The project replaces manual command-line interaction with a structured visual interface. It utilizes syntax highlighting for program state data to improve readability and analysis during the debugging process.

The system focuses on C and C++ debugging, automating the monitoring of program memory and execution state through a text-based user interface. It achieves this by integrating with GDB APIs to retrieve sy
- [epicgamesext/raddebugger](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/epicgamesext-raddebugger.md) (7,138 ⭐) — Raddebugger is a native Windows x64 debugger that also functions as a high-speed PE/COFF linker and a PDB/DWARF debug information converter. It combines these three capabilities into a single development tool aimed at inspecting and controlling native x64 Windows applications, with the ability to attach to multiple processes simultaneously within one session.

The debugger is built around a custom binary debug format that converts standard PDB and DWARF symbols into a compact representation for fast loading and minimal memory overhead. It includes a fuzzy symbol search engine for locating func
- [go-delve/delve](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/go-delve-delve.md) (24,605 ⭐) — Delve is a command-line debugger designed for programs written in the Go programming language. It provides an interactive interface for runtime analysis, allowing developers to control program execution, inspect memory and variable states, and navigate call stacks to identify logic errors.

The tool distinguishes itself through deep integration with the Go runtime, specifically by providing goroutine-aware stack unwinding and the ability to manage concurrent execution threads. It utilizes a client-server protocol to decouple the debugger engine from the user interface, enabling both local and
- [pwndbg/pwndbg](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/pwndbg-pwndbg.md) (10,051 ⭐) — pwndbg is a GDB plugin and binary analysis framework designed for reverse engineering, exploit development, and low-level program analysis. It extends the core functionality of the debugger to provide advanced memory inspection and automation tools.

The project distinguishes itself with specialized capabilities for heap analysis across glibc, jemalloc, and musl, as well as a comprehensive kernel debugging toolkit for inspecting Linux kernel tasks and slab allocators. It includes an integrated ROP gadget searcher for constructing exploit chains and an LLM-powered debugging assistant that provi
- [alibaba/arthas](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/alibaba-arthas.md) (37,367 ⭐) — Arthas is a Java diagnostic tool and runtime debugger designed for real-time troubleshooting of applications. It functions as a remote diagnostics agent that allows users to inspect the runtime state of a Java process, including its heap objects and classloader hierarchies, without requiring a process restart.

The project distinguishes itself through advanced bytecode manipulation capabilities, enabling live class hotswapping and the modification of bytecode in running processes. It supports in-memory source compilation and runtime bytecode decompilation to verify and update logic instantly w
- [x64dbg/x64dbg](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/x64dbg-x64dbg.md) (48,652 ⭐) — This project is a graphical Windows debugger designed for the analysis and manipulation of compiled binary applications. It functions as a comprehensive binary analysis suite, providing a real-time environment for inspecting CPU registers, monitoring memory states, and tracing instruction execution to investigate system-level software behavior.

The tool distinguishes itself through an event-driven debugging loop that allows for precise process control and state modification during runtime. It supports advanced analysis techniques, including hardware-breakpoint injection for monitoring memory
- [dnspy/dnspy](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/dnspy-dnspy.md) (28,993 ⭐) — dnSpy is a desktop application designed for the analysis, debugging, and modification of compiled .NET assemblies. It functions as an assembly analysis suite and decompiler, translating binary instruction streams back into readable source code to facilitate reverse engineering when original source files are unavailable.

The tool distinguishes itself through an integrated binary patching engine and metadata editor, which allow for the direct modification of executable logic and internal metadata tables. It supports in-process debugging instrumentation, enabling users to inject runtime hooks, s
- [facebook/flipper](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/facebook-flipper.md) (13,478 ⭐) — Flipper is a mobile app debugging platform and cross-platform debugging bridge that connects a desktop environment to mobile devices. It provides a desktop tool for inspecting logs, network traffic, and layout hierarchies of mobile applications in real time.

The platform is built as a plugin-based developer tool, offering a customizable framework for building visual debugging tools and data inspectors. This architecture allows for the creation of specialized plugins and visualizers to monitor internal application data through the desktop interface.

The tool covers several functional domains
- [microsoft/vscode-cpptools](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/microsoft-vscode-cpptools.md) (6,047 ⭐) — The C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code provides language support for C and C++ programming, including IntelliSense-powered code editing, navigation, and debugging capabilities. It enables syntax highlighting, code completion, hover information, and error checking for C and C++ source files, along with features like semantic colorization, symbol search, and call hierarchy exploration.

The extension offers comprehensive debugging support for C/C++ programs, including launching debug sessions with breakpoints, stepping through code, and inspecting variables. It supports debugging multi-threa