Delve vs OllyDbg
Delve
github.comOllyDbg
ollydbg.orgSide by side
| Figure | Delve | OllyDbg |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Debuggers | 7.9 (#10) | 7.5 (#17) |
| Debugging | It lets users control program execution, evaluate variables, and inspect thread, goroutine, and CPU register state. | It can load and debug DLLs, attach to running programs, and debug multithreaded applications. |
| Purpose | Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language, designed to be simple to invoke and use. | OllyDbg is a 32-bit assembler-level debugger for Microsoft Windows, intended for binary code analysis when source code is unavailable. |
| Support | The project says its GitHub issue tracker is for bug reports and directs feature proposals and discussions to the developer mailing list. | The FAQ says the author usually answers email questions within 1–3 days. |
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In their own words
OllyDbg
OllyDbg is a free 32-bit assembler-level debugger for Microsoft Windows, intended for binary analysis when source code is unavailable. It traces registers and identifies procedures, loops, API calls, switches, tables, constants, and strings. The debugger can load DLLs, attach to running programs, and handle multithreaded applications. Breakpoint types include conditional, logging, memory, and hardware breakpoints; execution tracing can log arguments for known functions. Patches can be retained between sessions, written back to executable files, and used to update fixups. An open architecture supports third-party plugins, and the maker provides a Plugin Development Kit with documented samples. Listed requirements include Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, or higher; Win32s is unsupported. Development is frozen, and the 64-bit version is incomplete. Registration is free and requested for permanent or commercial use. The maker says original versions 1.00–1.10 do not communicate with other computers except for remote files specified by the user.