2929athrowaway·Feb 16, 2026
OllyDbg inspired: https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger
In Ghidra by NSAeteran
edb-debugger
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eteran / edb-debugger
edb-debugger
edb is a cross-platform AArch32/x86/x86-64 debugger.
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What it is
edb is a cross-platform AArch32/x86/x86-64 debugger.
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
I recommend: - EDB debugger (like OllyDbg, qt based) https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger - HT editor (opensource clone of Hiew, curses based)…
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- radareorg/cutter · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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Observed mentions: 2017-06-11 10:02:41 UTC to 2026-02-16 16:40:47 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
12 sourcesOther stuff you might be interested in
- Ghidra SRE (https://ghidra-sre.org/) from NSA
- https://frida.re/
- https://x64dbg.com/ (spiritual successor of OllyDbg for Windows)
- https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger (spiritual successor of OllyDbg for Linux)
- https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk
- https://github.com/kentavv/binary_viewer (spiritual successor of Cantor Dust)
- https://dogbolt.org/ (decompiler explorer)
In Hiew Hex EditorOllyDbg has been discontinued but now you can use one of its spiritual successors:
- https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger
- https://x64dbg.com/
Other tools you might like...
- https://cutter.re/
- https://github.com/longld/peda
- https://github.com/Gallopsled/pwntools
And of course, Ghidra, that means no mention.
In Legalizing gay marriage in Crusader Kings III with GhidraEdb – A cross platform AArch32/x86/x86-64 debugger inspired by Ollydbg
2 points · Open discussionEvan’s debugger gets you most of the way there:
https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger
You have to build from source but it’s easy to do.
I’m thinking of devoting a summer to writing an Ollydbg-like UI wrapper for LLDB, because I miss Olly so bad when I leave Windows.
In The State of Linux DebuggersNot built in, but useful:
- edb (https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger)
- x64dbg (https://x64dbg.com)
In Ghidra 9.2Remember OllyDbg? Well, this is its distant cousin edb.
https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger
You will like it.
Try Ghidra, too.
In Extreme DebuggingSome free quality resources, ready to use:
- Intel CPU programming guide https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents...
- Calling conventions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_calling_conventions https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Disassembly/Calling_Conven...
- Web compiler output viewer https://godbolt.org/
- Operation code (opcode) reference http://ref.x86asm.net/
- Disassembler/debugger https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger, https://x64dbg.com
- Disassembler/Reverse engineering tools http://hte.sourceforge.net/ https://github.com/radareorg/cutter
And this: https://github.com/codilime/veles (binary analysis tool)
In X86 assembly doesn’t have to be scaryCross platform x86/x86-64 debugger
1 points · Open discussionSome useful links:
- https://github.com/radareorg/cutter (GUI for Radare2, free alternative to IDA)
- https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger (debugger, free alternative for OllyDbg)
- http://hte.sourceforge.net/ (hex editor, disassembler, free alternative for Hiew)
(open a binary, then press F6, select image format to get started, e.g: elf/image or pe/image)
- http://ref.x86asm.net/coder64.html List of x86-64 opcodes
- https://godbolt.org/ REPL that shows asm for given C/C++ code.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ReverseEngineering/
In Introduction to reverse engineering and assemblyEdb is a cross platform x86/x86-64 debugger inspired by Ollydbg
3 points · Open discussionI recommend:
- EDB debugger (like OllyDbg, qt based) https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger
- HT editor (opensource clone of Hiew, curses based) http://hte.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html
Both provide this functionality as well.
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