google/pyringe

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1629 stars · 76 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Pyringe is a Python debugger that can attach to running CPython processes, inspect their state (threads, tracebacks, locals/globals), and inject Python code into them without prior preparation. It relies on gdb under the hood and only supports Python 2.

Use cases

• attach a debugger to a running python process
• inspect locals and globals of a live python program
• inject python code into a running process
• get tracebacks from a stuck python process
• debug python stuck in a C extension
• inspect a python process without stopping it

When to choose

• you need to debug a live Python 2 process that cannot be stopped or restarted
• the interpreter is stuck in a C extension and PDB cannot help
• you want to inspect state of a running process without preparing it in advance

When to avoid

• you are running Python 3 (unsupported)
• you use PyPy instead of CPython
• you need a maintained tool - the project has not been updated since 2019
• you cannot install gdb with python support and debug symbols for your Python build

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

testing developer-tools developer-tools cli python debugger process-attachment code-injection gdb python2 live-debugging debugging python linux

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