dnSpyEx vs x64dbg
dnSpyEx
github.comx64dbg
x64dbg.comSide by side
| Figure | dnSpyEx | x64dbg |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Debuggers | 7.9 (#11) | 7.1 (#24) |
| Integrations | To debug Unity games, the project says the dnSpyEx Unity Mono repository is also needed. | The maker lists TitanEngine, Zydis, Yara, Scylla, Jansson, lz4, XEDParse, asmjit, and snowman among its open-source libraries. |
| License | The repository states that dnSpy is licensed under GPLv3. | The maker says it provides both the executable and source under GPLv3. |
| Purpose | dnSpyEx is an unofficial continuation of dnSpy, a debugger and .NET assembly editor for working with assemblies without source code. | x64dbg is an open-source debugger for Windows, optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis. |
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In their own words
dnSpyEx
dnSpyEx is an unofficial continuation of dnSpy, a debugger and .NET assembly editor for working with assemblies without source code. It can debug .NET Framework, .NET, and Unity game assemblies, with breakpoints, tracepoints, conditional breakpoints, exception breakpoints, and multiple-process debugging. Editing covers metadata and methods or classes in C# and Visual Basic, plus low-level IL method bodies. The project lists C# and Visual Basic decompilers using the ILSpy engine, along with a BAML decompiler and disassembler. Assembly search, class and method usage analysis, caller finding, bookmarks, and project export are also included. A public API supports extensions, and the C# Interactive window can control or script dnSpyEx. The latest stable release listed is v6.6.0, which adds a .NET 10 distribution. It is free under GPLv3. Release notes describe Wine compatibility adjustments for Linux, not native Linux support. Dynamic methods cannot be debugged because of CLR limitations.