# Samsung/netcoredbg

NetCoreDbg is a managed code debugger with GDB/MI, VSCode DAP and CLI interfaces for CoreCLR.

Repository: https://github.com/Samsung/netcoredbg
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netcoredbg
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: debugger, dotnet, csharp
Last push: 2026-06-25T14:40:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 58, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3187, "days_push": 69, "days_rel": 69, "gap_med": 195, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1338, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.725803+00:00)

## What it is
NetCoreDbg is a managed code debugger for the .NET Core runtime (CoreCLR) that implements both GDB/MI and the VSCode Debug Adapter Protocol. It enables debugging .NET applications from the command line, IDEs, and editors like VSCode.

## Use cases
- debug .NET Core applications from the command line
- set up C# debugging in VSCode via a debug adapter
- debug .NET apps with GDB-style MI interface
- debug CoreCLR apps on Linux ARM64 or RISC-V
- integrate .NET debugging into a custom editor or IDE

## When to choose
- you need a DAP debug adapter for .NET Core on Linux, macOS, or Windows
- you want GDB/MI-style command-line debugging for managed .NET code
- you need debugging support on less common architectures like RISC-V or LoongArch
- you're building an editor integration for C# debugging

## When to avoid
- you only debug on Windows with Visual Studio, which has built-in debugging
- you need to debug .NET Framework (non-Core) applications
- you want a graphical debugger UI out of the box without an editor

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: debugger, dotnet, coreclr, dap, gdb-mi, vscode, csharp, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Samsung/netcoredbg (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.725803+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 2026-08-30T04:43:58.504363+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Samsung/netcoredbg (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.725803+00:00, sha 3fee30af4dcb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.