How-tos

Here you can find step-by-step tutorials covering IDA's debugging capabilities across different platforms, targets, and workflows.

Local debugging

Windows:

• Debugging a Windows executable locally and remotely

• Windows Local Debugging

• Debugging Windows Applications with IDA WinDbg Plugin

Linux:

• Debugging Linux Applications locally

macOS:

• Debugging Mac OSX Applications with IDA Pro

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Remote debugging

• Remote debugging with IDA Pro — general guide to setting up and using IDA's remote debugger servers across platforms.

• Linux to Win64 Debugging

• Windows to Linux Debugging

• Debugging Linux/Windows Applications with PIN Tracer module

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iOS and Android

• Debugging iOS Applications with IDA Pro

• Debugging iOS Applications using CoreDevice (iOS 17 and up)

• Debugging Dalvik Programs

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Kernel debugging

• Debugging Windows Kernel with VMWare and IDA WinDbg Plugin

• Debugging the XNU Kernel with IDA Pro

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Specialized topics

• Trace Replayer and Managing Traces — recording, replaying, comparing, and diffing execution traces.

• Appcall — calling application functions directly from IDA scripts using IDC or IDAPython.

• Debugging code snippets with QEMU debugger — emulator-based debugging for code snippets and shellcode.