# inducer/pudb

Full-screen console debugger for Python

Repository: https://github.com/inducer/pudb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pudb
Homepage: https://documen.tician.de/pudb/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: python, debugger, pytest, pytest-plugin, pdb, ipython, bpython, urwid, debug
Last push: 2026-08-23T16:07:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 48, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5591, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 270, "gap_med": 45, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3248, forks 245 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:51.871241+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: testing, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, testing
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: debugger, pdb, pytest-plugin, ipython-integration, urwid, post-mortem-debugging, breakpoints, command-line

## Member repositories
- inducer/pudb (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:51.871241+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 2026-08-30T07:24:27.510790+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/inducer/pudb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:51.871241+00:00, sha dbac1d8a14dd)
  - homepage: https://documen.tician.de/pudb/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:12.692873+00:00, sha df35d4b2cccf)
  - site_page: https://documen.tician.de/pudb/misc.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:37:12.701956+00:00, sha 28ad899c4c8c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.