ghidra-setup vs ret-sync

ghidra-setup

An Inno Setup script to package Ghidra for Windows (by jonpalmisc)

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ret-sync

ret-sync is a set of plugins that helps to synchronize a debugging session (WinDbg/GDB/LLDB/OllyDbg2/x64dbg) with IDA/Ghidra/Binary Ninja disassemblers. (by bootleg)

Reverse Engineering Debugger Disassembler software-analysis ida-pro ghidra ida-plugin binaryninja

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ghidra-setup		ret-sync
	Project
2	Mentions	3
1	Stars	1,883
-	Growth	-
0.8	Activity	0.0
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Inno Setup	Language	C
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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ghidra-setup

Posts with mentions or reviews of ghidra-setup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-31.

Ghidra installer script for Windows (Inno Setup)
3 projects | /r/ghidra | 31 Jan 2021

I'm not familiar and don't have Inno handy to test it, but is this supposed to have two {{?

ret-sync

Posts with mentions or reviews of ret-sync. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-08.

ret-sync+WinDbg+Ghidra - program unavailable
1 project | /r/ghidra | 18 Apr 2022

I am trying to connect Ghidra project to WinDbg Preview using ret-sync (https://github.com/bootleg/ret-sync). I think I have everything installed correctly, but in Ghidra console output for ret-sync extension I get:
I'm looking for a program-flow highlighting tool. Any ideas?
2 projects | /r/AskReverseEngineering | 8 Feb 2022

ret-sync: synchronize a debugger (WinDbg / GDB / LLDB / OllyDbg2 / x64dbg) with a disassembler (IDA / Ghidra / Binary Ninja) in which you can colorize the trace. See the bc command.
Announcing version 7.6 for IDA Freeware! Includes cloud based decompiler.
2 projects | /r/ReverseEngineering | 10 May 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ghidra-setup and ret-sync you can also consider the following projects:

cwe_checker - cwe_checker finds vulnerable patterns in binary executables

ghidra - Ghidra is a software reverse engineering (SRE) framework

rz-ghidra - Deep ghidra decompiler and sleigh disassembler integration for rizin

REDRIVER2 - Driver 2 Playstation game reverse engineering effort

pwndra - A collection of pwn/CTF related utilities for Ghidra

flare-ida - IDA Pro utilities from FLARE team

radare2 - UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

retoolkit - Reverse Engineer's Toolkit

Ghidra-Cpp-Class-Analyzer - Ghidra C++ Class and Run Time Type Information Analyzer

capstone - Capstone disassembly/disassembler framework: Core (Arm, Arm64, BPF, EVM, M68K, M680X, MOS65xx, Mips, PPC, RISCV, Sparc, SystemZ, TMS320C64x, Web Assembly, X86, X86_64, XCore) + bindings. [Moved to: https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone]

tenet - A Trace Explorer for Reverse Engineers