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Debugger options

Last modified: 21 November 2024

In CLion, you can debug C/C++ executables with LLDB on macOS/Linux and GDB on Windows/Linux (debugging with GDB on macOS is possible only with a custom GDB binary). Also, there is an LLDB-based debugger for the MSVC toolchain on Windows.

Current versions of the bundled debuggers:

  • GDB v15.2 for Windows (local debug not supported for Windows ARM64)

  • GDB v15.2 for Linux

  • LLDB v19.1.3 for macOS and Linux

  • LLDB v9.0.0 for MSVC toolchain on Windows

You can also use a custom GDB binary, the supported versions are 7.8.x-14.1.