# rohanrhu/gdb-frontend

☕ GDBFrontend is an easy, flexible and extensible gui debugger.

Repository: https://github.com/rohanrhu/gdb-frontend
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gdb-frontend
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: gdb, debug, debugger, debugging-tool, debugging, gdb-frontend, gdb-gui, gdb-extension, gdb-plugin, gdb-ui, debugger-gdb, c, cpp, debugging-tools
Last push: 2025-11-12T23:41:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 51, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2480, "days_push": 294, "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 3025, forks 112 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:38.633566+00:00)

## What it is
GDBFrontend is a flexible, extensible graphical debugger frontend for GDB that runs as a local web server and is accessed through a browser. It supports debugging C/C++ applications, including Dockerized and embedded targets, and can be extended with plugins.

## Use cases
- debug c/c++ programs with a gui instead of the gdb command line
- debug dockerized c/c++ applications
- debug embedded devices over gdb
- browse variables and memory visually while stepping through code
- extend gdb with a plugin-based debugger ui

## When to choose
- you want a graphical, browser-based interface for GDB on Linux
- you need to debug C/C++ apps running in Docker or on embedded targets
- you want an extensible debugger frontend with plugin support

## When to avoid
- you need a debugger on Windows or macOS natively (it targets Linux with GDB, Python 3, and tmux)
- you prefer an IDE-integrated debugger rather than a standalone web UI
- you debug languages other than C/C++ with limited GDB support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: python, browser
- tags: gdb, debugger, c, cpp, web-based-ui, extensible, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- rohanrhu/gdb-frontend (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.633566+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 2026-08-30T07:29:54.562522+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rohanrhu/gdb-frontend (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:38.633566+00:00, sha 1bb39da6c84d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.