nnd is a terminal-based debugger for native Linux applications, designed around responsive interaction and efficient navigation of large programs.
Unlike interfaces built on top of GDB or LLDB, nnd implements most of its debugging functionality independently. Its design draws some inspiration from RemedyBG, combining familiar source-level debugging tools with a keyboard-driven interface.
A particular emphasis is placed on responsiveness when working with large executables and debugging information. Operations such as loading symbols and searching for program elements are designed to avoid unnecessarily blocking the interface.
nnd is intended for debugging native applications rather than programs running within managed language environments.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides a terminal-based visual interface for debugging native Linux applications.
- Supports ordinary and conditional breakpoints to stop execution when selected conditions are met.
- Provides data breakpoints for monitoring changes to specified memory locations.
- Offers different stepping operations for following program execution at source and instruction level.
- Displays source code and disassembled machine instructions during debugging sessions.
- Supports watch expressions for examining program state and evaluating selected values.
- Includes built-in pretty-printers for many standard library types used by C++ and Rust programs.
- Can automatically identify concrete object types from virtual function tables when examining polymorphic classes.
- Designed to handle large executables and substantial amounts of debugging information efficiently.
- Uses asynchronous, multithreaded and cancellable operations for tasks such as loading debug information and searching for functions or types.
- Provides progress indicators for operations that require substantial processing time.
- Supports debugging native programs developed in languages such as C++, Rust, Zig and Odin.
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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