magicx / gdlv

GUI frontend for Delve

Gdlv is a graphical frontend to Delve for Linux, Windows and macOS.

Demo video here.

Setup

First make sure you have the current version of delve installed:

go get -u github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv

then install gdlv:

go get -u github.com/aarzilli/gdlv

Use Ctrl+plus and Ctrl+minus to change font size.

News

2019-06-07

• Added Starlark as a scripting language

2019-05-11

• Start from main.main instead of runtime.main.
• Better interface when concurrent breakpoints happen during next, step or stepout.

2018-12-14

• Deferred calls view.
• Limit number of goroutines that are loaded (improves performance when debugging programs with tens of thousands of goroutines while the goroutines window is opened).
• Make pastel theme the default theme.
• Fixed bug handling disabled breakpoints.

2018-11-23

• Fix build on go1.9
• New, extended, syntax for pinning expressions dp @f/somefunc/ a will evaluate a in the first frame calling somefunc.

2018-10-29

• Pastel theme

2018-09-26

• Breakpoint persistence
• pretty printing of time.Time variables
• Notification for truncated stack traces
• Ability to have an expression's value printed to the command window every time a continue command completes.

2018-08-26

• Fixed some race conditions
• Redesigned detail views, they are now updated while stepping through the code

2018-08-16

• Highlight variable names
• Expose starting location of goroutines
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

2018-07-02

• Support font changes
• Sort variables by declaration line
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

2018-06-13

• Print return values when stepping out of a function
• Allow setting breakpoints after the program has exited

2018-05-21

• Implemented path substitution rules

2018-02-12

• Implemented "Continue to line"
• Let restart change program arguments
• Made load parameters configurable

2017-12-20

• Support for upcoming go 1.10.
• Changed how split windows are implemented (floating windows with docking).

2017-09-17

• "Find Element" command: search through a slice or an array for the element matching a given expression.
• New red theme.
• Only recompile if one of the source files changed.
• step -last command option to step into the last call on the line.
• Search command history with Ctrl+R

2017-06-29

• Pinning of expressions to specific execution frames.
• Keybindings for continue, next, step and stepout
• Compact visualization for interface values

2017-06-04

• Custom formatters for user defined types.
• Better executable building for go1.9

2017-05-18

• Better formatting for maps and integer variables.

2017-05-07

• Added core command
• Support for multiple backends
• Added "replay" startup command, "checkpoint" command and "Checkpoints" view.

2017-03-01

• Horizontal scrollbars for all panels

2017-02-09

• Goroutines panel will show a breakpoint icon for goroutines stopped at a breakpoint.

2017-02-06

• Implemented selective step into. Right click on a function call on the current line to step into that function call (note: not that function, that function call). Also accessible through the step command with step -list: