dwarfutils ☆

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Description:
Dump and produce DWARF debug information in ELF objects

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.2.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: debugging dwarf elf developer-tools binary-analysis

Install: brew install dwarfutils

About:
DWARF is a compact, extensible debug information format used by compilers and debuggers. The dwarfutils package provides essential tools like dwarfdump to inspect and analyze DWARF sections within ELF object files, aiding in low-level debugging and development.

Key Features:

Inspect DWARF debug sections in ELF files
Verify DWARF information integrity
Support for DWARF versions 2 through 5
Command-line utilities for scripting and automation

Use Cases:

Debugging compiled binaries at the DWARF level
Verifying compiler output for debug information correctness
Analyzing binary structure for security or optimization

Alternatives:

readelf – Part of binutils; provides general ELF info but less detailed DWARF inspection than dwarfdump.
llvm-dwarfdump – LLVM's tool; similar functionality but tied to the LLVM toolchain.

License: BSD-2-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Change	Commit
Oct 8, 2025 11:36pm	VERSION_BUMP	64e075b4
Oct 8, 2025 10:58pm	VERSION_BUMP	b18711be
Nov 17, 2024 9:45pm	VERSION_BUMP	b866edff
Oct 11, 2024 8:49pm	VERSION_BUMP	8d42fa0f
Sep 11, 2024 3:53am	VERSION_BUMP	3459ccf2
Aug 15, 2024 6:32pm	VERSION_BUMP	ab95949d
Jun 25, 2024 12:39am	VERSION_BUMP	0593ea40
Jan 28, 2024 11:01pm	VERSION_BUMP	2211e2e6
Jan 27, 2024 4:06pm	VERSION_BUMP	21987254
May 21, 2023 2:37am	VERSION_BUMP	d5250007
May 21, 2023 1:31am	VERSION_BUMP	efa2fe33
Feb 21, 2023 2:39am	VERSION_BUMP	341781bb
Feb 21, 2023 2:39am	VERSION_BUMP	843f781b
Nov 23, 2022 8:24am	VERSION_BUMP	1ebcc601
Nov 21, 2022 6:25pm	VERSION_BUMP	45a7d930