# snare/voltron

A hacky debugger UI for hackers

Repository: https://github.com/snare/voltron
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/voltron
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: voltron, debugger, python, lldb, windbg, gdb, vtrace
Last push: 2025-01-30T00:28:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 25/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 4, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4817, "days_push": 581, "days_rel": 581, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6345, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.880680+00:00)

## What it is
Voltron is an extensible debugger UI toolkit written in Python that adds utility views (registers, disassembly, stack, memory, breakpoints, backtraces) to LLDB, GDB, VDB, and WinDbg. Views run in separate TTYs so users can compose a custom multi-window debugger interface around their existing CLI debugger.

## Use cases
- show registers and disassembly in separate terminal windows while debugging with gdb
- build a custom multi-pane debugger UI for lldb
- view stack and memory alongside a CLI debugger
- extend windbg with extra views
- split debugger command output into highlighted tty views

## When to choose
- you use a CLI debugger like GDB or LLDB and want richer visual views without leaving the terminal
- you want a customizable, scriptable debugger UI across macOS, Linux, and Windows
- you do reverse engineering or exploit development and want registers, stack, and disassembly at a glance

## When to avoid
- you want a full graphical debugger replacing your CLI entirely
- you need a debugger itself rather than a UI layer on top of an existing one
- you need arm64 support with GDB, VDB, or WinDbg

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, terminal-ui, plugin-system
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: debugger, gdb, lldb, windbg, vdb, reverse-engineering, tty-views, extensible, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- snare/voltron (main) score 25

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.880680+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 2026-08-29T17:46:08.076233+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/snare/voltron (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.880680+00:00, sha 563b4dc08e09)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/voltron/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:42:23.018224+00:00, sha d31d4b3dfd51)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.