Contributing to the CDT GDB Debug Adapter Extension

July 21, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Thanks for your interest in this project, part of Eclipse CDT Cloud.

The source code can be found in the following repository: https://github.com/eclipse-cdt-cloud/cdt-gdb-vscode

Project description

This extension supports debugging using GDB and the MI protocol. It is built by the experts that provide the GDB support in the Eclipse C/C++ IDE (CDT).

Build Instructions

See build instructions in the developer documentation. Further information on building, including CI information, download locations, etc can be found in the Wiki.

Eclipse Contributor Agreement

Before your contribution can be accepted by the project team contributors must electronically sign the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA).

Commits that are provided by non-committers must have a Signed-off-by field in the footer indicating that the author is aware of the terms by which the contribution has been provided to the project. The non-committer must additionally have an Eclipse Foundation account and must have a signed Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA) on file.

For more information, please see the Eclipse Committer Handbook: https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#resources-commit

Contact

Contact the project developers via the project's "dev" list.