Ghidra
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 Disassembly of a file in Ghidra | |
| Original author(s) | NSA |
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| Initial release | March 5, 2019 |
| Repository | https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra |
| Written in | Java, C++ |
| License | Apache License 2.0 |
| Website | https://ghidra-sre.org/ |
Ghidra (pronounced Gee-druh[1]) is a free reverse engineering tool developed by the National Security Agency (NSA). It was released at RSA Conference in March 2019.[2] The NSA stated that it plans to release Ghidra as open source in the "coming future".[3] Ghidra is seen by many security researchers as a competitor to IDA Pro and JEB Decompiler.[3] The software is written in Java using the Swing framework for the GUI. The decompiler component is written in C++. Ghidra uses Jython so plugins can be developed in Python.[citation needed]
Ghidra's existence was originally (though not legally) revealed to the public via WikiLeaks in March of 2017[4], but the software itself remained unavailable until its declassification and official release two years later.[2]
Supported architectures[edit]
The following architectures or binary formats are supported:[5]
- 16, 32 and 64 bit x86
- ARM and AARCH64
- PowerPC 32/64 and PowerPC VLE
- MIPS 16/32/64
- MicroMIPS
- 68xxx
- Java
- DEX bytecode
- PA-RISC
- PIC 12/16/17/18/24
- Sparc 32/64
- CR16C
- Z80
- 6502
- 8051
- MSP430
- AVR8
- AVR32
References[edit]
- ^ "Frequently asked questions". GitHub.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ a b "The NSA Makes Ghidra, a Powerful Cybersecurity Tool, Open Source". WIRED.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ a b Cimpanu, Catalin. "NSA releases Ghidra, a free software reverse engineering toolkit". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ^ "Ghidra". WikiLeaks. National Security Agency. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Rob Joyce on Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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