tenet vs ret-sync

tenet

A Trace Explorer for Reverse Engineers (by gaasedelen)

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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tenet		ret-sync
	Project
2	Mentions	3
1,245	Stars	1,883
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
6 months ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
Python	Language	C
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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tenet

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

I'm looking for a program-flow highlighting tool. Any ideas?
2 projects | /r/AskReverseEngineering | 8 Feb 2022

Tenet: use a specific trace output (see tracers) and import the trace into IDA, which then gets a colorized view. You can also play the trace forward and backward à la Windbg TTD.
Tenet: A Trace Explorer for Reverse Engineers (IDA Pro Plugin)
1 project | /r/ReverseEngineering | 21 Apr 2021

Code source available here: https://github.com/gaasedelen/tenet

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 tenet and ret-sync you can also consider the following projects:

flare-ida - IDA Pro utilities from FLARE team

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

qiling - A True Instrumentable Binary Emulation Framework

REDRIVER2 - Driver 2 Playstation game reverse engineering effort

obfDetect - IDA plugin to pinpoint obfuscated code

ipyida - IPython console integration for IDA Pro

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

androguard - Reverse engineering and pentesting for Android applications

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

idaxex - Xbox360/Xenon loader plugin for IDA 7.2+, and xex1tool, supporting most known Xbox360/Xenon .XEX executable file formats.

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]