# Black Magic Debug

> Black Magic Debug is a self-contained debugger for microcontrollers. It detects and configures connected targets without configuration files.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Firmware tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://codeberg.org/blackmagic-debug/blackmagic>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/blackmagic-debug/blackmagic/blob/ac8d0ba3f22047e5e961856e4e4ff7c9d78b9c67/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-magic-debug/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/black-magic-debug/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/black-magic-debug/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Needs a connected microcontroller target.
- The project moved to Codeberg, and this GitHub repository is archived.
- GPL-3.0 per COPYING, with BSD and MIT license files for parts of the code.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/blackmagic-debug/blackmagic/blob/ac8d0ba3f22047e5e961856e4e4ff7c9d78b9c67/README.md>

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