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CUDA-GDB vs OpenOCD

CUDA-GDB

developer.nvidia.com

OpenOCD

openocd.org

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FigureCUDA-GDBOpenOCD
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published01
Spec score · Debuggers7.6 (#13)7.8 (#12)
PurposeCUDA-GDB is NVIDIA’s debugger for CUDA applications running on Linux and QNX.OpenOCD provides debugging, in-system programming, and boundary-scan testing for embedded target devices using a debug adapter.

Plans

CUDA-GDB

No plans published.

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OpenOCD

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In their own words

CUDA-GDB

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OpenOCD

OpenOCD provides debugging, in-system programming, and boundary-scan testing for embedded target devices through a debug adapter. It communicates with targets over JTAG or Serial Wire Debug (SWD), and can run as a server for GDB clients. Users can also interact through Telnet or GDB; its Tcl interface is intended for machine interaction, and configuration files can contain commands using the documented Tcl scripting API. The target list includes ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, Xtensa, ARC, AVR32, and other architectures. Release 0.12.0 notes support for Espressif ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3 cores, and Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040, along with Zephyr and a no-RTOS option. OpenOCD supports remote debugging and exception breakpoints. It is free and listed for Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted setups. The project says it is packaged in popular operating-system repositories and provides access to source code; community binaries are marked unofficial. Host configuration may take extra steps: Linux usually needs a udev rule for adapter access, and Windows requires driver configuration for each peripheral.

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