# 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. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gdbgui ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gdbgui ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gdbgui ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: gdbgui from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gdbgui - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.15.3.0 - **Source summary:** Modern, browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gdbgui (cli) - gdbgui (alias) ## Dependencies - gdb - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.15.3.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.gdbgui.com/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 Notes escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal. - **Geiger risk:** red / medium - escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gdbgui - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - gdbgui: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: gdbgui from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [gdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdb/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ddd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ddd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools, frontend. - [delve](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/delve/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools, go. - [valgrind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/valgrind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, c-plus-plus, cli, debugging, developer-tools. - [bashdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bashdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools. - [cargo-careful](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-careful/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, debugging, developer-tools, rust. - [dmalloc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dmalloc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, debugging, developer-tools. - [gebug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gebug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, debugging, developer-tools, go. - [distcc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/distcc/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: c, c-plus-plus, cli, developer, developer-tools. - [emscripten](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/emscripten/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: c, c-plus-plus, cli, developer, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gdbgui.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gdbgui.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph