https://github.com/aboutcode-org/binary-inspector
A library and tools to inspect binaries (elf, winpe, mach0) for dependencies, symbols and other info, and models to store this.
https://github.com/aboutcode-org/binary-inspector
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A library and tools to inspect binaries (elf, winpe, mach0) for dependencies, symbols and other info, and models to store this.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/aboutcode-org/binary-inspector
- Owner: aboutcode-org
- Created: 2025-02-25T14:43:54.000Z (11 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-06-19T15:42:28.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-17T12:00:36.156Z (4 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 2.17 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 8
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.rst
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.rst
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.rst
- Authors: AUTHORS.rst
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README
binary-inspector
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binary-inspector is a utility to extract symbols from various kinds of binaries,
i.e. ELF, Mach-O, WinPE and other binary formats. It is designed to work as a ScanCode
Toolkit plugin and integrated in ScanCode.io pipelines.
To install run ``pip install binary-inspector`` and use with::
scancode --json-pp - --macho-symbol --winpe-symbol --verbose
The JSON output will contain binary symbols found in binaries if any.
- License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
- Copyright (c) nexB Inc., AboutCode, OWASP Foundation and others.
- Homepage: https://github.com/aboutcode-org/binary-inspector
Development
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- Install requirements and dependencies using ``./configure --clean && ./configure --dev``
- Then ``source venv/bin/activate``
Testing:
- To run tests: ``pytest -vvs``
- To regen test fixtures: ``SCANCODE_REGEN_TEST_FIXTURES=yes pytest -vvs``
Acknowledgements, Funding, Support and Sponsoring
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This project is funded, supported and sponsored by:
- Generous support and contributions from users like you!
- the European Commission NGI programme
- the NLnet Foundation
- the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
- Google, including the Google Summer of Code and the Google Seasons of Doc programmes
- Mercedes-Benz Group
- Microsoft and Microsoft Azure
- AboutCode ASBL
- nexB Inc.
This project also uses some functions from other packages:
- blint (https://github.com/owasp-dep-scan/blint)
- symbolic (https://pypi.org/project/symbolic/)
- lief (https://pypi.org/project/lief/)
|europa| |dgconnect|
|ngi| |nlnet|
|aboutcode| |nexb|
This project was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594.
|ngizeroentrust| https://nlnet.nl/project/Back2source/
This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990.
|ngizerocore| https://nlnet.nl/project/Back2source-next/
This project was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial
support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG
Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594.
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