# Shopify/superdb

The Super Debugger, a realtime wireless debugger for iOS

Repository: https://github.com/Shopify/superdb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shopify-superdb
Homepage: http://shopify.github.com/superdb
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-11-06T19:21:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5021, "days_push": 2857, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1144, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.081209+00:00)

## What it is
A dynamic, wireless debugger for iOS apps consisting of an embedded static library and a Mac client app that discovers debug sessions via Bonjour. It lets developers send messages to live objects on a running device without breakpoints or recompiling.

## Use cases
- debug ios app wirelessly without breakpoints
- send messages to live objects at runtime
- tweak ui values on device in realtime
- rapidly test changes without recompiling the app
- connect mac debugger to ios app over local network

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Objective-C iOS project on older toolchains
- you want live runtime tweaking of numeric values on a device

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - the project is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need modern Swift or recent iOS/Xcode support
- you need a debugger with active community support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, testing
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: debugger, wireless-debugging, objective-c, deprecated, live-debugging, ios, macos, mobile

## Member repositories
- Shopify/superdb (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.081209+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 2026-08-30T06:34:43.460837+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Shopify/superdb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.081209+00:00, sha 1b87b880aeb9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.