Hobbits – bit-based analysis, processing, and visualization

Hobbits is a multi-platform GUI application for analyzing, processing, and visualizing bitstreams.

It is designed to help users inspect machine-level data, build repeatable workflows, and extend the application through a plugin system. The project also includes a command line runner for executing plugins and saved batches without the graphical interface.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Supports plugin-driven workflows for displays, analyzers, operators, and import/export tools.
• Includes multiple data views such as binary, hex, ASCII, rasters, plots, and spectrograms.
• Offers analyzers for pattern finding, framing, highlighting, metadata editing, and Kaitai Struct-based parsing.
• Supports importing and exporting data through files, HTTP, TCP, hex strings, packet capture, and generated data sources.
• Lets users save repeatable processing pipelines as batches and run them later, including from the command line.
• Can be extended with plugins written in C++ or Python.

Website: github.com/Mahlet-Inc/hobbits
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Developer: Mahlet, Inc.
License: MIT License

Hobbits is written in Python and C++. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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