nnd is a debugger for Linux. It’s distributed as a single 6 MB executable file with no dependencies.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Fast.
- TUI.
- Not based on gdb or lldb, implemented mostly from scratch.
- Works on large executables.
- Most standard debugger features are present e.g. breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, data breakpoints, stepping of all kinds, showing code and disassembly, watch expressions, built-in pretty-printers for most of C++ and Rust standard library.
- Many quality-of-life features are present (e.g. auto-downcasting abstract classes to concrete classes based on vtable).
Website: github.com/al13n321/nnd
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Developer: Michael Kolupae
License: Apache License 2.0

nnd is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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