inducer/pudb
Full-screen console debugger for Python observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 48
- Longevity 100
Flags: 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: 45
- age_days: 5591
- days_rel: 270
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
3248 stars · 245 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
PuDB is a full-screen, console-based visual debugger for Python built on urwid. It provides GUI-like debugging features such as syntax-highlighted source, stack, breakpoints, and variable inspection entirely within a terminal.
Use cases
- debug python code in the terminal
- visual debugger alternative to pdb
- set breakpoints and inspect variables in a console
- post-mortem debugging of crashed python programs
- debug pytest runs
- integrate a debugger with ipython
When to choose
- you want GUI-debugger features without leaving the terminal
- you prefer keyboard-driven, single-keystroke debugging
- you need post-mortem analysis of exceptions
- you want a drop-in upgrade over pdb with themes and a variable viewer
When to avoid
- you need a graphical IDE debugger with mouse-driven UI
- you are debugging non-Python code
- you need remote multi-user debugging sessions
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
testing developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools testing python cli cross-platform debugger pdb pytest-plugin ipython-integration urwid post-mortem-debugging breakpoints command-line
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/inducer/pudb · fetched 2026-08-28 · dbac1d8a14dd
- homepage: https://documen.tician.de/pudb/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · df35d4b2cccf
- site_page: https://documen.tician.de/pudb/misc.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 28ad899c4c8c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| inducer/pudb | main | 81 |
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