# 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](/core/debugger/tutorials/debugger_windows_local.md)
* [Windows Local Debugging](/core/debugger/tutorials/win_local.md)
* [Debugging Windows Applications with IDA WinDbg Plugin](/core/debugger/tutorials/windbg_tut.md)

**Linux:**

* [Debugging Linux Applications locally](/core/debugger/tutorials/debugger_linux_local.md)

**macOS:**

* [Debugging Mac OSX Applications with IDA Pro](/core/debugger/tutorials/mac_debugger_primer2.md)

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## Remote debugging

* [Remote debugging with IDA Pro](/core/debugger/tutorials/remote-debugging-with-ida-pro.md) — general guide to setting up and using IDA's remote debugger servers across platforms.
* [Linux to Win64 Debugging](/core/debugger/tutorials/linuxtowin64.md)
* [Windows to Linux Debugging](/core/debugger/tutorials/wintolinux.md)
* [Debugging Linux/Windows Applications with PIN Tracer module](/core/debugger/tutorials/debugger_pin.md)

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## iOS and Android

* [Debugging iOS Applications with IDA Pro](/core/debugger/tutorials/ios_debugger_primer2.md)
* [Debugging iOS Applications using CoreDevice (iOS 17 and up)](/core/debugger/tutorials/ios_debugging_coredevice.md)
* [Debugging Dalvik Programs](/core/debugger/tutorials/debugger_dalvik.md)

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## Kernel debugging

* [Debugging Windows Kernel with VMWare and IDA WinDbg Plugin](/core/debugger/tutorials/debugger_windbg_kernel.md)
* [Debugging the XNU Kernel with IDA Pro](/core/debugger/tutorials/xnu_debugger_primer.md)

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## Specialized topics

* [Trace Replayer and Managing Traces](/core/debugger/tutorials/trace_replayer.md) — recording, replaying, comparing, and diffing execution traces.
* [Appcall](/core/debugger/tutorials/appcall_primer.md) — calling application functions directly from IDA scripts using IDC or IDAPython.
* [Debugging code snippets with QEMU debugger](/core/debugger/tutorials/primer.md) — emulator-based debugging for code snippets and shellcode.


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