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`pwndbg` (/poʊndbæg/) is a GDB plug-in that makes debugging with GDB suck less, with a focus on features needed by low-level software developers, hardware hackers, reverse-engineers and exploit developers.
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It has a boatload of features, see [FEATURES.md](https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/blob/dev/FEATURES.md) or these docs.
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## Why?
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Vanilla GDB is terrible to use for reverse engineering and exploit development. Typing `x/g30x $esp` is not fun, and does not confer much information. The year is 2020 and GDB still lacks a hexdump command! GDB's syntax is arcane and difficult to approach. Windbg users are completely lost when they occasionally need to bump into GDB.
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## What?
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Pwndbg is a Python module which is loaded directly into GDB, and provides a suite of utilities and crutches to hack around all of the cruft that is GDB and smooth out the rough edges.
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Many other projects from the past (e.g., [gdbinit][gdbinit], [PEDA][PEDA]) and present (e.g. [GEF][GEF]) exist to fill some these gaps. Each provides an excellent experience and great features -- but they're difficult to extend (some are unmaintained, and all are a single [100KB][gdbinit2], [200KB][peda.py], or [300KB][gef.py] file (respectively)).
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Pwndbg exists not only to replace all of its predecessors, but also to have a clean implementation that runs quickly and is resilient against all the weird corner cases that come up.
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[gdbinit]: https://github.com/gdbinit/Gdbinit
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[gdbinit2]: https://github.com/gdbinit/Gdbinit/blob/master/gdbinit
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[PEDA]: https://github.com/longld/peda
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[peda.py]: https://github.com/longld/peda/blob/master/peda.py
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[GEF]: https://github.com/hugsy/gef
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[gef.py]: https://github.com/hugsy/gef/blob/master/gef.py
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## How?
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Installation is straightforward. Pwndbg is best supported on Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 and GDB >= 12.1.
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```shell
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git clone https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg
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cd pwndbg
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./setup.sh
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```
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If you use any other Linux distribution, we recommend using the latest available GDB built from source. Be sure to pass `--with-python=/path/to/python` to `configure`.
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## What can I do with that?
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For further info about features/functionalities, see [FEATURES](https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/blob/dev/FEATURES.md).
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## Who?
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Pwndbg is an open-source project, written and maintained by [many contributors](https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/graphs/contributors)!
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Want to help with development? Read [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/blob/dev/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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## Contact
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If you have any questions not worthy of a [bug report](https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg/issues), feel free to ping
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anybody on [Discord](https://discord.gg/x47DssnGwm) and ask away.
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