install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install gdbgui

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#gdbgui

nixpkgs package indexes · gdbgui · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

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`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.15.3.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.gdbgui.com/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.gdbgui.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:gdbgui
Version	0.15.3.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gdbgui
Homepage	https://www.gdbgui.com/
Repository	https://github.com/cs01/gdbgui
Upstream docs	https://www.gdbgui.com/
License	GPL-3.0-only
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d6/e6/024e8e183ef8e414a9efbca356f7755a813c4a3420892bcac9e9bb23bfb3/gdbgui-0.15.3.0.tar.gz
Dependencies	gdb, python@3.14
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	gdbgui
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/gdbgui.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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