# programa-stic/barf-project

BARF : A multiplatform open source Binary Analysis and Reverse engineering Framework

Repository: https://github.com/programa-stic/barf-project
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/barf-project
Language: Python
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: binary-analysis, reverse-engineering, python, x86, arm, reil
Last push: 2019-11-24T16:06:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4332, "days_push": 2474, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1452, forks 171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:46.469467+00:00)

## What it is
BARF is an open-source Python framework for binary analysis and reverse engineering. It lifts instructions from x86 and ARM binaries into a REIL intermediate representation and integrates with debuggers, SMT solvers (Z3), and instrumentation tools for scriptable, architecture-agnostic code analysis.

## Use cases
- analyze binary code for security research
- find and verify ROP gadgets in a binary
- recover control-flow graphs of functions in an executable
- build a call graph from a binary program
- lift x86 or ARM instructions to an intermediate representation
- script automated binary analysis with SMT solver support
- reverse engineer malware or closed-source software

## When to choose
- you need a scriptable Python framework for multi-architecture binary analysis
- you want architecture-agnostic analysis via an intermediate representation like REIL
- you need ROP gadget search, CFG recovery, or call graph recovery tools
- you want open-source integration with Z3 and debuggers for security research

## When to avoid
- you need a polished interactive GUI disassembler like IDA Pro or Ghidra
- you require support for architectures beyond x86 and ARM
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases
- you want a pure static analysis pipeline without writing Python scripts

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: reverse-engineering, parser, security, sdk
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: binary-analysis, disassembly, reil, rop-gadgets, smt-solver, x86, arm, control-flow-graph, linux

## Member repositories
- programa-stic/barf-project (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:46.469467+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:35:49.430147+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/programa-stic/barf-project (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:46.469467+00:00, sha 662f6e43ea2f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.