1Skia Debugger
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4Introduction
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7The Skia Debugger is a graphical tool used to step through and analyze the
8contents of the Skia picture format. The tool is available online at
9[https://debugger.skia.org](https://debugger.skia.org/) or can be run locally.
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11Building and running locally
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14Begin by following the instructions to
15[download and build Skia](../../user/quick), then simply build and run the
16`skiaserve` tool:
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18<!--?prettify lang=sh?-->
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20    # Build.
21    ninja -C out/Release skiaserve
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23    # Run the debugger locally
24    out/Release/skiaserve
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26After running `skiaserve`, follow the instructions to open the debugger in your
27local browser. By default the address will be `http://127.0.0.1:8888`.
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29![Debugger interface](/dev/tools/onlinedebugger.png)
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