WinDbg Public Symbol Servers Resource

Explore our comprehensive guide on public symbol servers, featuring detailed information on servers for Firefox, Chrome, Citrix, Unity, and more.

WinDbg Public Symbol Servers Resource
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Debugging symbols play a crucial role in diagnosing crashes, analyzing memory dumps, and improving software quality. Without the proper symbols, debugging can be a tedious and challenging task, especially for complex software systems.

Here are some public symbol server addresses that have been collected.

Symbol Server List

Provider Server Address Description
Microsoft http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols Official Microsoft symbol server for Windows OS and tools.
Microsoft-CN-Mirror http://msdl.blackint3.com:88/download/symbols China mirror of Microsoft's symbol server.
Firefox (Mozilla) http://symbols.mozilla.org/firefox Debugging symbols for the Mozilla Firefox browser.
Google Chrome http://chromium-browser-symsrv.commondatastorage.googleapis.com Debug symbols for the Chromium project and Chrome browser.
Citrix http://ctxsym.citrix.com/symbols Debugging symbols for Citrix tools and software.
Unity https://symbolserver.unity3d.com/ Unity game engine symbol server for debugging crashes.
Safari http://developer.apple.com/internet/safari/windows_symbols Debugging symbols for the Safari browser on Windows.
.NET https://referencesource.microsoft.com/symbols Symbols for .NET Framework source and libraries.
VisualStudio http://srv.symbolsource.org/pdb/Public Public symbol server for Visual Studio tools and code.
Intel (PE only) https://software.intel.com/sites/downloads/symbols/ Symbols for Intel drivers and Performance Engines.
NVIDIA (PE only) https://driver-symbols.nvidia.com/ Debug symbols for NVIDIA drivers and graphics tools.
AMD (PE only) https://download.amd.com/dir/bin and https://download.amd.com/dir/bin_2018 AMD driver symbols for performance and debugging.
NuGet https://symbols.nuget.org/download/symbols Debugging symbols for NuGet package libraries.
Unreal Engine https://symbols.unrealengine.com Symbols for debugging games developed with Unreal Engine.
CryEngine https://symbols.cryengine.com CryEngine debugging symbols for game development.
Linux Kernel Debug http://debuginfo.centos.org Debug symbols for CentOS Linux kernel and libraries.
Ubuntu Debug Symbols http://ddebs.ubuntu.com Debug symbols for Ubuntu Linux packages.
Debian Debug Symbols http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug Debug symbols for Debian Linux distributions.
LLVM/Clang https://symbols.llvm.org Symbols for LLVM compiler and Clang tools.
Qt https://download.qt.io/snapshots/symbols/ Symbols for Qt framework libraries and tools.
Python Debug Symbols https://python.org/debug/symbols Debugging symbols for Python builds and interpreters.
macOS System Symbols https://developer.apple.com/symbols/ Symbols for macOS system libraries and components.

How to Set Up Symbols in WinDbg?

For a step-by-step guide on setting up symbols in WinDbg, refer to the detailed documentation here:

How to set up symbols in WinDbg
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