# GDB dashboard

> Standalone .gdbinit file written with GDB's Python API that shows a modular status interface each time the debugged program stops, reducing the commands needed to inspect its state. No GDB command is redefined; its features sit under a single dashboard command.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Debugging and dynamic analysis
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard/blob/7b9b1260a8b3e9dd57b6cbf302bdfba71cec4014/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gdb-dashboard/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gdb-dashboard/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gdb-dashboard/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Needs GDB with Python API support; the single .gdbinit file goes in the home directory, and Pygments is optional for syntax highlighting.
- MIT per LICENSE.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard/blob/7b9b1260a8b3e9dd57b6cbf302bdfba71cec4014/README.md>

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