What is the project about?

Pwndbg is a GDB and LLDB plugin designed to enhance the debugging experience, particularly for low-level software developers, hardware hackers, reverse-engineers, and exploit developers.

What problem does it solve?

It addresses the limitations and usability issues of vanilla GDB and LLDB, which can be cumbersome and lack user-friendly features for reverse engineering and exploit development.

What are the features of the project?

• Provides a suite of utilities and enhancements to GDB and LLDB.
• A lot of features, detailed in FEATURES.md and [CHEATSHEET][CHEATSHEET].
• Clean implementation designed for speed and resilience.
• Batteries-included approach, with all features available upon setup.

What are the technologies used in the project?

• Python (as a GDB/LLDB module)
• GDB (GNU Debugger)
• LLDB (Low Level Debugger)
• Supports Nix package manager.
• Can be built from source or used as pre-built packages.

What are the benefits of the project?

• Improved debugging workflow for low-level tasks.
• Enhanced user experience compared to standard GDB/LLDB.
• Extensible and maintainable codebase.
• Consistent experience across GDB and LLDB.

What are the use cases of the project?

• Debugging Linux binaries or ELF files (GDB, LLDB).
• Debugging Mach-O binaries on macOS (LLDB).
• Linux kernel debugging (qemu-system) (GDB, LLDB).
• Linux user-space emulation (qemu-user) (GDB).
• Embedded debugging (ARM Cortex M* or RISC-V/32) (GDB, LLDB).
• Reverse engineering.
• Exploit development.
• Hardware hacking.