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Install gdbgui with Homebrew, Nix
Modern, browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger). Version 0.15.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gdbgui.
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Linux
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overview
Package summary
Modern, browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gdbgui
history
Project history and usage
gdbgui is a browser-based frontend to GDB that starts from a terminal command and opens a web interface for breakpoints, stack traces, source viewing, and debugger control.
Project history
The official site describes gdbgui as a browser-based frontend to the GNU Debugger for C, C++, Go, and Rust. It identifies Chad Smith as creator and maintainer and lists GitHub and PyPI as distribution channels.
The GitHub README points to the same documentation and source repository, making the project a Python-distributed CLI/server around a browser UI rather than a traditional desktop IDE.
Adoption history
The project site says gdbgui is used by thousands of developers, including engineers at Google and college computer science course instructors, and notes appearances in Rust source and C++ Weekly.
Its adoption niche is developers who want GDB's debugger engine without living entirely inside the GDB command prompt or a full IDE.
How it is used
Users run gdbgui from the terminal to start the server; the documentation says a browser tab opens automatically and can load a binary, set breakpoints, run, step, and inspect program state.
Because gdbgui is a server, the official guides document remote debugging by running gdbgui on a remote machine and connecting from a local browser, along with compatibility with gdbserver.
Why package nerds care
gdbgui is interesting as a package because it packages a debugger frontend as a command-line-launched web app: it depends on the system debugger culture of GDB while delivering a browser UI through Python packaging and Homebrew-style executable installation.
It is also a good example of a package that turns an old CLI tool into a local web workflow without replacing the underlying debugger.
Timeline
- 2020: Official GitHub releases show the 0.14.x series.
- 2021: Official GitHub releases show the 0.15.0 series.
- 2025: Official GitHub releases show version 0.15.3.0.
Related projects
- gdbgui is directly related to GDB and gdbserver.
- It overlaps conceptually with debugger frontends and IDE debuggers, while remaining a standalone browser-based frontend.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: red
escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.
Risk classifier
red risk · medium confidence · escape-surveillance-offensive
Why
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal
Signals
- text:debugger
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gdbgui | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.15.3.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gdbgui |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.gdbgui.com/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
gdbgui
nix profile install nixpkgs#gdbgui- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gdbgui
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation