# eteran/edb-debugger

edb is a cross-platform AArch32/x86/x86-64 debugger.

Repository: https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/edb-debugger
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: qt, c-plus-plus, reverse-engineering, debugger, ollydbg, x86, x86-64, linux, security, edb, capstone, qt5, qt6
Last push: 2026-08-14T14:14:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4176, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2952, forks 344 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.041272+00:00)

## What it is
edb is a cross-platform AArch32/x86/x86-64 debugger inspired by OllyDbg, built with Qt and Capstone. It provides a graphical interface for low-level binary debugging and analysis, with Linux as the only officially supported platform.

## Use cases
- debug native linux binaries with a gui
- reverse engineer x86 and x86-64 executables
- analyze aarch32 binaries
- step through assembly and inspect registers and memory
- find an ollydbg alternative on linux
- disassemble and trace program execution

## When to choose
- you need a graphical, OllyDbg-style debugger on Linux
- you are reverse engineering x86, x86-64, or AArch32 binaries
- you want an open-source GPL-2 debugger with Qt UI

## When to avoid
- you need official Windows or macOS support (ports are incomplete)
- you prefer a command-line debugger like gdb
- you need to debug non-x86/AArch32 architectures such as ARM64

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, security, gui, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: debugger, ollydbg-inspired, qt, x86, x86-64, aarch32, binary-analysis, disassembler, capstone, linux

## Member repositories
- eteran/edb-debugger (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.041272+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:32:38.489442+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.041272+00:00, sha f31de74e39a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.