Skia Debugger
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Introduction
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The Skia Debugger is a graphical tool used to step through and analyze the
contents of the Skia picture format. The tool is available online at
[https://debugger.skia.org](https://debugger.skia.org/) or can be run locally.
Building and running locally
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Begin by following the instructions to
[download and build Skia](../../user/quick), then simply build and run the
`skiaserve` tool:
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# Build.
ninja -C out/Release skiaserve
# Run the debugger locally
out/Release/skiaserve
After running `skiaserve`, follow the instructions to open the debugger in your
local browser. By default the address will be `http://127.0.0.1:8888`.
![Debugger interface](/dev/tools/onlinedebugger.png)