https://github.com/xyproto/cdetect

:microscope: Detect which compiler and compiler version a Linux executable (in the ELF format) was compiled with
https://github.com/xyproto/cdetect

clang detect elf elf-format fpc gcc ghc go linux ocaml rust tcc utility

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:microscope: Detect which compiler and compiler version a Linux executable (in the ELF format) was compiled with

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/xyproto/cdetect
• Owner: xyproto
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2017-11-13T13:11:04.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-15T11:25:15.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-05T15:25:15.338Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: clang, detect, elf, elf-format, fpc, gcc, ghc, go, linux, ocaml, rust, tcc, utility
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.88 MB
• Stars: 27
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
#### :microscope: CDetect

Utility for figuring out which compiler and compiler version was used for compiling an executable file for Linux (in the ELF format).

### Installation

With Go 1.17 or later:

    go install github.com/xyproto/cdetect@latest

### Example usage

    $ cdetect /bin/sh

    GCC 8.1.1

    $ cdetect /usr/bin/ls

    GCC 8.2.0

    $ cdetect testdata/rust_hello

    Rust 1.27.0-nightly

    $ cdetect go

    Go 1.11.2

### Features and limitations

* Supports detection of compiler name and version if an executable was built with one of these compilers:

  * GCC

  * Clang

  * FPC

  * OCaml

  * Go

  * TCC (compiler name only, TCC does not store the version number in the executables)

  * Rust (for stripped executables, only the compiler name and GCC version used for linking)

  * GHC

* Works even with stripped executables.

* Should work for recent versions of all of the above compilers. Executables produced with old versions of the compilers may need more testing.

### Distro Packages

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/cdetect.svg)](https://repology.org/project/cdetect/versions)

### Changelog

#### 0.5.4 to 0.6.0

* Update dependencies

* Change the license from MIT to BSD-3

#### 0.5.3 to 0.5.4

* Add support for executables built with GCC 8 for 32-bit PowerPC.

#### 0.5.2 to 0.5.3

* Add detection of compiler name and version from executables built with `ghc` (Haskell).

#### 0.5.1 to 0.5.2

* Refactor out code to the [ainur](https://github.com/xyproto/ainur) module.

* Better support for 32-bit PowerPC ELF files.

#### 0.5 to 0.5.1

* Fix an issue with version detection for Rust.

#### 0.4 to 0.5

* Add support for detecting executables compiled with Rust.

* Will now look for the given filename in PATH, if not found.

#### 0.3 to 0.4

* Add support for detecting executables compiled with Clang or TCC.

#### 0.2 to 0.3

* Fix issue #1, detection of executables compiled with GCC on Void Linux.

#### 0.1 to 0.2

* Rename the utility to `cdetect`.

#### 0.1

* Support for detecting various compilers and compiler version numbers.

### General info

* Version: 0.6.0

* Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <[email protected]>

* License: BSD-3