BinSync: Revolutionizing Reverse Engineering with Git-Based Decompiler Collaboration

BinSync is a decompiler collaboration tool built on the Git versioning system to enable fined-grained reverse engineering collaboration regardless of decompiler. BinSync is built by mahaloz, the angr team, and the SEFCOM research lab. It’s also due in large part to its use by the Shellphish hacking team.

All good decompilers share common objects called Reverse Engineering Artifacts (REAs). These REAs are the center of BinSync’s syncing ability. Here are the supported REAs:

• Function headers (symbol, args, type)
• Stack Variables (symbol, type)
• Structs
• Enums
• Comments

Note: all types support user-created types like structs.

Supported Platforms

• IDA Pro: >= 8.4 (if you have an older version, use v4.10.1)
• Binary Ninja: >= 2.4
• angr-management: >= 9.0
• Ghidra: >= 10.1

All versions require Python >= 3.10 and Git installed on your system. Ghidra support is still very much in early stage, so only expect the minimal features like artifact name syncing and comments.

Decompiler Support Progress

Although we support the decompilers in the earlier section, not every decompiler is supported at the same level of syncing. To understand the difference between artifact support, pull, push, and auto push, read our decompiler use introduction.

IDA Pro

Binary Ninja

Ghidra

angr-management

Install & Use