Ghidra

This article is about the reverse-engineering tool. For the fictional monster, see King Ghidorah.

Ghidra
Original author(s)NSA
Initial releaseMarch 5, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-05)
Stable release
11.2[1] / September 27, 2024; 40 days ago (2024-09-27)
Repositorygithub.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
Written inJava, C++
LicenseApache License 2.0 / Public domain[2]
Websiteghidra-sre.org

Ghidra (pronounced GEE-druh;[3] /ˈɡiːdrə/[4]) is a free and open source reverse engineering tool developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States. The binaries were released at RSA Conference in March 2019; the sources were published one month later on GitHub.[5] Ghidra is seen by many security researchers as a competitor to IDA Pro.[6] The software is written in Java using the Swing framework for the GUI. The decompiler component is written in C++, and is therefore usable in a stand-alone form.[7]

Scripts to perform automated analysis with Ghidra can be written in Java or Python (via Jython),[8][9] though this feature is extensible and support for other programming languages is available via community plugins.[10] Plugins adding new features to Ghidra itself can be developed using a Java-based extension framework.[11]

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  2. ^ "ghidra/NOTICE". GitHub.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Frequently asked questions". GitHub.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Come Get Your Free NSA Reverse Engineering Tool!". YouTube.com. May 16, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Newman, Lily Hay. "The NSA Makes Ghidra, a Powerful Cybersecurity Tool, Open Source". Wired. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Cimpanu, Catalin. "NSA releases Ghidra, a free software reverse engineering toolkit". ZDNet. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  7. ^ e. g. as Plugin Archived 2022-10-14 at the Wayback Machine for Radare2 oder Rizin.
  8. ^ "Ghidra Scripting Class". GitHub. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  9. ^ "Three Heads are Better Than One: Mastering NSA's Ghidra Reverse Engineering Tool" (PDF). GitHub. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ghidraal". GitHub. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  11. ^ "Ghidra Advanced Development Class". GitHub. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.