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edb – graphical debugger inspired by OllyDbg

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

edb is a graphical debugger for AArch32, x86 and x86-64 applications. The project was inspired by OllyDbg.

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DevOps

PINCE – powerful GDB front-end and reverse engineering tool

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

PINCE is a feature-rich GDB front-end for debugging and reverse engineering with memory scanning, tracing and code injection.

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poke – extensible editor for structured binary data

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

poke is an extensible editor for structured binary data with a dedicated language, reusable pickles, interactive editing and scripting.

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18 Useful Free and Open Source Binary Analysis Tools

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

We have compiled a comprehensive list of useful tools for performing binary analysis.

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HexPatch – binary patcher and editor with TUI

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

HexPatch is a Rust TUI binary editor and patcher with disassembly, assembly, SSH editing, Lua plugins and broad executable format support.

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Hex Editor

dz6 – Vim-inspired terminal hex editor

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

dz6 is a fast Vim-inspired terminal hex editor for inspecting and editing binary files with search, bookmarks, comments and header parsing.

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knife – reverse engineering toolkit for binary analysis

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security, TUI

knife is a reverse engineering toolkit for static analysis of PE, ELF and Mach-O binaries, with disassembly, triage and auditing.

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Capstone – multi-architecture disassembly framework

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Capstone is a lightweight multi-architecture disassembly framework with detailed instruction metadata, and numerous bindings.

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Pharos – static binary analysis framework

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Pharos is a static binary analysis framework with tools for API analysis, C++ object recovery, function hashing and YARA signature generation.

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Security

Miasm – reverse engineering framework for binary analysis

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Miasm is a reverse engineering framework offering binary parsing, assembly, disassembly, emulation, symbolic execution and code analysis.

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DevOps

Reko – general-purpose machine code decompiler

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Reko is a general-purpose machine code decompiler with broad architecture support, command-line operation and an extensible analysis engine.

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Security

REDasm – cross-platform disassembler and binary analysis tool

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

REDasm is a cross-platform disassembler and binary analysis tool with graphs, cross-references, type handling, patching and project support.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Nyxelf – static and dynamic ELF malware analysis

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Nyxelf combines static and dynamic analysis, decompilation and a QEMU sandbox to investigate suspicious Linux ELF binaries through a graphical interface.

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Diff Tools

objdiff – object file diffing for decompilation projects

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

objdiff compares object files for decompilation projects with automatic rebuilds, architecture support, symbol analysis and progress views.

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Security

socat – multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT)

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

socat is a flexible, multi-purpose relay tool. Its purpose is to establish a relationship between two data sources,

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Security

flawfinder – lexically find potential security flaws (“hits”) in source code

July 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential security flaws.

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DevOps

Ghidra – software reverse engineering framework

February 12, 2024 Erik Karlsson Programming

Explore Ghidra for reverse engineering binaries with disassembly, decompilation, scripting, graphing, debugging and collaborative analysis.

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DevOps

Radare2 – command-line reverse engineering framework

November 11, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Programming

Radare2 is a command-line reverse engineering toolkit for binary analysis, disassembly, debugging, patching and scripting workflows.

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Security

JavaSnoop – tool for testing Java desktop applications or applets

July 7, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Security

JavaSnoop is a tool for testing (re: hacking) Java desktop applications or applets.

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