GNU Debugger

Also known as gdb

source-level debugger

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Developer: GNU Project
Initial release: 1986 ; 40 years ago ( 1986 )
Stable release: 17.2 / 10 May 2026
Written in: C , C++ , Python
Operating system: Unix-like , Windows
Type: Debugger
License: GPLv3
Website: www .gnu .org /software /gdb
Repository: sourceware .org /git /binutils-gdb .git

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Official website: sourceware.org/gdb
Image: GNU gdb 12.1 screenshot.png

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software version identifier: 17.1
source code repository URL: salsa.debian.org/gdb-team/gdb.git
Commons category: GNU Debugger
IRC channel URL: irc://irc.libera.chat/#gdb
inception: 1986-00-00
mailing list archive URL: sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb

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The GNU Debugger (GDB) is a portable debugger that runs on many Unix-like systems and works for many programming languages, including Ada, Assembly, C, C++, D, Fortran, Haskell, Go, Objective-C, OpenCL C, Modula-2, Pascal, Rust, and partially others. It detects problems in a program while letting it run and allows users to examine program variables and machine registers.

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