# gdbundle - GDB and LLDB's Missing Plugin Manager

DevFeed: [gdbundle - GDB and LLDB's Missing Plugin Manager](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gdbundle-gdb-and-lldb-s-missing-plugin-manager-47259.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/gdbundle-plugin-manager>)

Author: Tyler Hoffman

Published: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Interrupt](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/interrupt.md>)

Topics: [gdb](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gdb.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [Embedded Software Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-software-dev.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Visual Studio Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-studio-code.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [firmware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firmware.md>), [gdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gdb.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [lldb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lldb.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [scripts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripts.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces gdbundle, a proposed plugin manager for GDB and LLDB. It describes how embedded software developers used GDB Python scripts to improve debugging workflows and share utilities, and explains the tool's applicability across embedded, iOS, Android, C++, and Rust development.

## Source excerpt

GDB and LLDB desperately need a way for developers to share scripts, user-interface improvements, and utilities with their peers. This would enable building upon existing work and debugging techniques, progressing the entire community and preventing developers from reinventing the wheel. GDB and LLDB need a plugin manager, and I'd like to introduce to you gdbundle. Continue reading...