Godot debug builds

This repository contains debug builds of the Godot editor with full debugging information. Most optimizations are disabled to make backtraces more useful. You want to use an optimized build for production, as it'll feel significantly snappier.

Those binaries can also be used to profile the engine execution and see where performance bottlenecks (in debug mode) come from. Note that in release binaries, the bottlenecks may not be exactly the same as release binaries have more optimizations enabled.

Windows binaries were compiled with Visual Studio Community. In addition to Godot's built-in crash handler, you can use Visual Studio or WinDbg to get backtraces. If you're on Windows 10, you may want to use the newer WinDbg Preview.

See BUILD.md if you want to compile your own debug builds easily.

Compiler versions used

Windows

• For Godot 4.0 and later, Windows binaries were compiled on Windows 11 with Visual Studio 2022.
• For Godot 3.5.1 and older, Windows binaries were compiled on Windows 10 with Visual Studio 2019.

Linux

• For Godot 3.5 and later, Linux binaries were compiled on Ubuntu 20.04 with GCC 9.3.
• For Godot 3.4.5 and older, Linux binaries were compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 with GCC 7.5.
• For Godot 3.2.3 and older, Linux binaries were compiled on Ubuntu 16.04 with GCC 5.4.

macOS

• For Godot 4.0.3 and later, Xcode 14.3 is used.

Downloads

• Head to the Releases tab of this repository for downloads.

Usage

Windows

• Download a debug build and extract the ZIP archive.
  • Make sure the PDB file is next to the executable at all times! The PDB file must also have the same name as the executable to work.
• Start the debug build. You can either start it from a debugger, or attach a debugger at runtime (if you use Visual Studio for debugging).

Linux

• Download a debug build and extract the ZIP archive.
• Start the debug build from a terminal. You should get a backtrace in the terminal when it crashes.
  • You can also use gdb or lldb from the command line to run Godot and get a backtrace using bt full.

macOS

• Follow instructions in Running Godot apps on macOS, as the editor isn't notarized.
• To run the editor from a terminal, cd to the folder containing the .app bundle then run "Godot Debug.app/Contents/MacOS/Godot" (with quotes). This will allow you to see the crash handler's output when the editor crashes.