GNU Project Debugger AlternativesDecompilers and other similar apps like GNU Project Debugger

GNU Project Debugger is described as 'Or gdb, is a command-line, source-level debugger for programs that were written in C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, or Ada and compiled for any of a number of different target architectures including x86, x86-64, IA-64' and is a Decompiler in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GNU Project Debugger for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best GNU Project Debugger alternative is Ghidra, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Project Debugger are IDA, radare2, OllyDbg and Cutter.

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  1. Ghidra icon
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    Ghidra is a software reverse engineering (SRE) framework created and maintained by the National Security Agency Research Directorate. This framework includes a suite of full-featured, high-end software analysis tools that enable users to analyze compiled code on a variety of...

    21 Ghidra alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. IDA icon
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    IDA delivers robust disassembly and decompilation, supporting diverse processors and file formats. Its high-quality pseudocode mirrors original source code, aiding analysis of multi-platform software. It features dynamic debugging, metadata control with Lumina, and effective code deobfuscation.

    31 IDA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. radare2 icon
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    Radare project started as a forensics tool, a scriptable commandline hexadecimal editor able to open disk files, but later support for analyzing binaries, disassembling code, debugging programs, attaching to remote gdb servers, ...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • C (programming language)
    • Git
    • Haiku
    • Docker
     
  4. OllyDbg icon
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    OllyDbg is a 32-bit assembler level analysing debugger. Emphasis on binary code analysis makes it particularly useful in cases where source is unavailable.

    23 OllyDbg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Cutter icon
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    Cutter goal is to be an advanced FREE and open-source reverse-engineering platform while keeping the user experience at mind. Cutter is created by reverse engineers for reverse engineers.

    22 Cutter alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  6. dnSpyEx icon
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    dnSpyEx is an unofficial continuation of the dnSpy project which is a debugger and .NET assembly editor. You can use it to edit and debug assemblies even if you don't have any source code available. Main features:

    11 dnSpyEx alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  7. EDB (Evan's Debugger) is a Qt4 based binary mode debugger with the goal of having usability on par with OllyDbg. It uses a plugin architecture, so adding new features can be done with ease. The current release is for Linux, but future releases will target more platforms.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  8. Hopper icon
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    Hopper is a reverse engineering tool for OS X and Linux, that lets you disassemble, and decompile your 32/64bits Intel Mac, Linux, Windows and iOS executables!

    22 Hopper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9.  1 like

    Debugger for C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Swift.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. dnSpy icon
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    dnSpy is a debugger and .NET assembly editor. You can use it to edit and debug assemblies even if you don't have any source code available.

    11 dnSpy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Spray icon
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    Spray is a small debugger for C code that comes with minimal mental overhead. All functionality aims to be simple and easy to grasp.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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