Pilot it+302 this week49,338 · 2,832 forks

Windows user mode debugger

Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it.

Who it's for

small security and reverse engineering teams

What it replaces

paid debuggers like IDA Pro

The catch

custom license may limit commercial use

Your first hour

Download and test with a sample binary

Licence check

Custom / check the LICENSE file. GitHub could not identify a standard licence for this repository, which usually means a custom or source-available one. Read the LICENSE file before you build on it.

This is a reading of the licence label, not legal advice.

The numbers

Stars49,338
Forks2,832
Stars added (7d)+302
Open issues575
LanguageC++
LicenceCustom / check the LICENSE file
Last pushUpdated 6 days ago
Project age11 years old

Maintainers describe it as: An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.

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x64dbg, in short

Should a small team use x64dbg?
Pilot it. Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it. small security and reverse engineering teams
What does x64dbg actually do?
Windows user mode debugger
What does x64dbg replace?
paid debuggers like IDA Pro
What is the downside of x64dbg?
custom license may limit commercial use
Can x64dbg be used in a commercial product?
Its licence is Custom / check the LICENSE file, which carries obligations or restrictions for commercial use. Read the LICENSE file, and get a lawyer's read before you ship it inside a product you sell.

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Stars, forks, licence and last-push data from the public GitHub API, refreshed August 29, 2026. The verdict is NoizeOff's editorial opinion for a team of 2–20, not advice from the project's maintainers, and not legal advice on licensing. We are not affiliated with x64dbg.

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