Tool

Dr. Memory

Instrument running application binaries to diagnose invalid memory access, uninitialized reads, use-after-free and leaks.

Targets: App · Binary
Category: Debugging and dynamic analysis
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-29

Stars: 2.8k
Last commit: 2025-12-12
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Built on DynamoRIO and distributed in platform-specific packages. The README describes Windows, Linux, macOS and Android operation on IA-32, AMD64 and ARM; supported package/host combinations must match the selected release.
The target runs under instrumentation. Windows adds handle/GDI/TLS diagnostics and the drstrace system-call tracer; these Windows-specific features do not apply to every host.

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BibTeX

@misc{dr-memory,
  title = {{Dr. Memory}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory}},
  url = {https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory},
  urldate = {2026-10-29},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-memory/}}
}

Plain text

Dr. Memory. https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory (accessed 2026-10-29). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dr-memory/

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README.md GitHub · DynamoRIO/drmemory · Revision 3d2b5f9