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Top 23 C++ Reverse Engineering Projects
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ImHex
🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.
Project mention: Ask HN: What are good high information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-08I find Geizhals' filtering options reasonably compact and information dense. https://geizhals.de/?cat=gra16_512&xf=132_16384&pg=1&view=li...
I like the simple table view of RPiLocator. Only a few columns, but lots of rows, no unneeded clutter. https://rpilocator.com/
Not as compact as possible, but at least shows quite some information: GSMArena. It could fit more phones into the comparison table with less whitespace/greyspace though. https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10386&idPhone...
All sites as viewed on desktop, on mobile this would likely not work out.
I also want to echo the command line tools mention in another comment. GDB's TUI is reasonable for my use, but after some experience this recently posted terminal debugger might be better: https://github.com/al13n321/nnd via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43905185
Also the hex editor I am currently using, despite some problems: https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex
An example of an information dense GUI that might be a bit overwhelming is Ghidra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghidra (page includes a basic screenshot, you can fill your screen(s) with as many sub windows and information panes as you want)
As a side note, while trying to find examples I realized just how few websites there are (any more?) that show a lot of information at the same time. Worst recent offender is YouTube's redesign with only 3 video tiles in a row on a 1440p screen, luckily easily fixed via a ublock rule.
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x64dbg
An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.
Several months have passed since the last part was posted. Maintainers of x64dbg have continued to improve its functionality. They also opened a task to update the development tools. So in this post, we will continue the analysis based on commit f518e50 code and, where possible, we'll compare it with the commit 9785d1a, which is accurate at the time of writing.
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Project mention: NSA Ghidra open-source reverse engineering framework | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-28
Rizin[1]/Cutter[2] projects are stored like text files that work well with git, you could try those tools.
[1] https://rizin.re
[2] https://cutter.re
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Project mention: LIEF – Library to Instrument Executable Formats | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-01
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Triton
Triton is a dynamic binary analysis library. Build your own program analysis tools, automate your reverse engineering, perform software verification or just emulate code. (by JonathanSalwan)
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apkstudio
Open-source, cross platform Qt based IDE for reverse-engineering Android application packages.
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SaaSHub
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keystone
Keystone assembler framework: Core (Arm, Arm64, Hexagon, Mips, PowerPC, Sparc, SystemZ & X86) + bindings (by keystone-engine)
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Project mention: Ask HN: How to transcribe 1000s of handwritten notes | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-06-01
Amazon's Textract seems to do a decent job on my horrific scribbles, and is far better than any of the open source OCR tools I tried. To get started quickly, try using Textractor: https://github.com/Artikash/Textractor
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lazy_importer
library for importing functions from dlls in a hidden, reverse engineer unfriendly way
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mtasa-blue
Multi Theft Auto is a game engine that incorporates an extendable network play element into a proprietary commercial single-player game.
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Project mention: Openblack: Open-source game engine for playing Black and White (2001) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-06
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SpecialK
Lovingly referred to as the Swiss Army Knife of PC gaming, Special K does a bit of everything. (by SpecialKO)
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SonyHeadphonesClient
A {Windows, macOS, Linux} client recreating the functionality of the Sony Headphones app
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Project mention: Bypassing regulatory locks, Faraday cages and upgrading your hearing | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-13
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
C++ Reverse Engineering discussion
C++ Reverse Engineering related posts
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LIEF – Library to Instrument Executable Formats
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Debugging bugs in x64dbg debugger. Step out to GUI
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Bypassing regulatory locks, Faraday cages and upgrading your hearing
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Capstone Disassembler Framework
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Openblack: Open-source game engine for playing Black and White (2001)
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KLEE Symbolic Execution Engine
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Binary Ninja – an interactive decompiler, disassembler, debugger
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Reverse Engineering projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ImHex | 49,006 |
| 2 | x64dbg | 46,055 |
| 3 | cutter | 16,664 |
| 4 | LIEF | 4,825 |
| 5 | Triton | 3,734 |
| 6 | Osiris | 3,492 |
| 7 | apkstudio | 2,996 |
| 8 | edb-debugger | 2,802 |
| 9 | DIE-engine | 2,623 |
| 10 | keystone | 2,403 |
| 11 | Textractor | 2,262 |
| 12 | millennium | 1,837 |
| 13 | lazy_importer | 1,749 |
| 14 | botw | 1,674 |
| 15 | pharos | 1,597 |
| 16 | mtasa-blue | 1,510 |
| 17 | XELFViewer | 1,460 |
| 18 | openblack | 1,354 |
| 19 | SpecialK | 1,275 |
| 20 | SonyHeadphonesClient | 1,211 |
| 21 | xoreos | 1,117 |
| 22 | binaryninja-api | 1,034 |
| 23 | efiXplorer | 969 |
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