A debugger for Rubinius 1.2.x bc. [sudo] gem install rbx-trepanning should get you going. There is a "google group mailing list":http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-debugger for Ruby debuggers. To run initially: bc. $ trepanx my-ruby-program.rb Or to call from inside your code: bc. require 'trepanning' debugger # Don't stop here... work # but stop here. If you want an immediate stop: bc. debugger(:immediate=>true) Finally, if you put in your .trepanx bc. Rubinius::Loader.debugger = proc { require 'trepanning'; Trepan.start(:skip_loader => :Xdebug) } Then you can use the -Xdebug option the Ruby, e.g. bc. rbx -Xdebug my-ruby-program.rb There is extensive on-line help. Run "help" inside the debugger.