GDB comparisons
GDB is compared head-to-head with LLDB, WinDbg and Delve and more: 7 head-to-heads in Debuggers, each with the specs and prices we checked.
GDB head-to-head
GDB vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Supported languages | Target platforms | Remote debugging | Time-travel debugging | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDB | Yes | Free | Ada, Assembly, C, C++, D, Fortran, Go, Objective-C, OpenCL, Modula-2, Pascal, Rust | UNIX, Microsoft Windows, macOS; native, remote, and simulator targets | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | LLDB | Yes | Free | C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++ | macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Windows, Android | Yes | No | 9.2 |
| 3 | WinDbg | Yes | Free | C++, C#, JavaScript, assembly | Windows; Linux crash dumps | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 4 | Delve | Yes | Free | Go | Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 5 | Xdebug | Yes | £200/user/yr | PHP | Linux, macOS, Windows, web/CLI PHP environments | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 6 | IDA Pro | No | $1,099/yr | 8.5 | ||||
| 7 | RenderDoc | Yes | Free | HLSL, GLSL, SPIR-V | Windows, Linux, Android, Nintendo Switch | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
| 8 | CUDA-GDB | Free | C/C++, Fortran | Linux, QNX | Yes | 8.3 |
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