microsoft/microsoft-pdb
Information from Microsoft about the PDB format. We'll try to keep this up to date. Just trying to help the CLANG/LLVM community get onto Windows. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3961
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1224
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1933 stars · 282 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Microsoft's reference source code and documentation for the PDB (Program Database) debug symbol file format, intended to help alternative compilers like Clang/LLVM emit PDBs on Windows. The repository has been archived and is no longer updated or accepting PRs.
Use cases
- understand the PDB symbol file binary format
- write a PDB file generator for a custom compiler
- parse Windows debug symbols without DIA
- port Clang/LLVM tooling to Windows debugging
- verify a generated PDB is well-formed
- reverse-engineer mscorpdb.dll stream abstractions
When to choose
- you need low-level, source-level documentation of the PDB format
- you are building a compiler or linker that must emit PDBs on Windows
- you want to parse or validate PDB files outside Microsoft's DIA API
When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready PDB library
- you only need to read PDBs and can use the official DIA SDK
- you expect upstream support or bug fixes
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
parser developer-tools documentation developer-tools compilers windows windows cpp pdb-format debug-symbols clang-llvm reference-source archived debugging
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-pdb · fetched 2026-08-28 · c9c6823119a7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/microsoft-pdb | main | 10 |
For agents
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