Tool

pwndbg

Python plug-in that loads into GDB, or runs as a REPL around LLDB, to make live program state easier to inspect. Each stop prints a context of registers, stack, call frames and annotated disassembly with recursively dereferenced pointers; commands cover memory maps, search, telescoping, heap allocators and Go values, with Capstone/Unicorn emulation and decompiler integration for IDA, Binary Ninja, Ghidra and angr-management. The README lists Linux ELF, macOS Mach-O, QEMU user/system and embedded Cortex-M or RISC-V/32 debugging.

Targets: Binary
Category: Debugging and dynamic analysis
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-18

Requirements & limits

Compatibility table: pwndbg-gdb needs Python 3.10+ and GDB 12.1+ (tested on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04); pwndbg-lldb needs Python 3.12+ and LLDB 19+, and its support is marked experimental/early-stage; qemu-user needs QEMU 8.1+ (its vFile API is needed for vmmap) and qemu-system QEMU 6.2+. Mach-O debugging on macOS uses LLDB, and qemu-user debugging is GDB only.
Release at review: 2026.09.15, published 2026-09-20, with portable archives, deb/rpm/apk/Arch packages, including macOS portable builds; the setup guide covers Linux and macOS through an install script, Homebrew, Nix, distro packages and source installs. The reviewed dev commit declares the same version.
MIT license. Decompiler integration needs the separately installed decompiler.

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README.md GitHub · pwndbg/pwndbg · Revision 3044ccd
README.md#L54-L81 GitHub · pwndbg/pwndbg · Revision 3044ccd
docs/features.md GitHub · pwndbg/pwndbg · Revision 3044ccd
docs/setup.md GitHub · pwndbg/pwndbg · Revision 3044ccd
pyproject.toml GitHub · pwndbg/pwndbg · Revision 3044ccd
LICENSE.md GitHub · pwndbg/pwndbg · Revision 3044ccd
https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/releases/tag/2026.09.15

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