Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to WinDbg

Product categories

Code Analysis Debugger Decompiler Developer Tools Development Front End Package Manager IDE Monitoring Tools OS & Utilities Package Manager Software Development Text Editors

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to WinDbg are Ghidra, LLDB, and Binary Ninja. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Ghidra Landing Page
1

Ghidra

Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Software Development #SRE 64 social mentions
LLDB Landing Page
2

LLDB

Debugger for C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Swift.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 9 social mentions
Binary Ninja Landing Page
3

Binary Ninja

A reverse engineering platform and GUI
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #Decompiler 9 social mentions
Cutter Landing Page
4

Cutter

Open Source RE Platform powered by radare2.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #OS & Utilities 12 social mentions
Snowman C++ Decompiler Landing Page
5

Snowman C++ Decompiler

Snowman is a native code to C/C++ decompiler.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #Decompiler 1 social mentions
x64_dbg Landing Page
6

x64_dbg

x64_dbg is a 32-bit and 64-bit assembler level debugger for Windows. Key features:
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #OS & Utilities 16 social mentions
perf Landing Page
7

perf

Perf is a simple app monitoring solution paired with meaningful alerts.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Monitoring Tools #Software Development
rr Landing Page
8

rr

rr is a debugging tool designed to record and replay program execution.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #IDE #Developer Tools 58 social mentions
Scoop Landing Page
9

Scoop

A command-line installer for Windows
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
10

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1017 social mentions
Hexalinq Binary Workbench Landing Page
11

Hexalinq Binary Workbench

Disassemble, patch, and compile executable files online.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Code Analysis #Decompiler #Debugger
ILSpy Landing Page
12

ILSpy

ICSharpCode. Decompiler. Console..
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Decompiler #IDE #Development