# Vector35/binaryninja-api

Public API, examples, documentation and issues for Binary Ninja

Repository: https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/binaryninja-api
Homepage: https://binary.ninja/
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: binaryninja, reverseengineering, decompilation, binary-analysis, reverse-engineering, software-analysis, intermediate-representation
Last push: 2026-09-03T01:45:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3960, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 85, "gap_med": 28, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1303, forks 295 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:08.474332+00:00)

## What it is
The public API, examples, and documentation for Binary Ninja, a commercial reverse engineering platform. It provides C++, Python, and Rust bindings for automating binary analysis, decompilation, and building plugins.

## Use cases
- write a binary ninja plugin in python
- automate decompilation of firmware binaries
- batch analyze malware samples headlessly
- add support for a custom cpu architecture
- script binary patching and type analysis
- build a custom file format loader

## When to choose
- you own a Binary Ninja license and want to automate or extend it
- you need headless binary analysis at scale
- you want to write plugins in C++, Python, or Rust

## When to avoid
- you need a fully free open-source disassembler (the core is commercial)
- you want a standalone tool - this API requires a Binary Ninja installation
- you only need simple static analysis without decompilation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, sdk, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, python, rust
- tags: binary-analysis, decompiler, disassembler, binary-ninja, malware-analysis, ctf, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Vector35/binaryninja-api (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:08.474332+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 2026-08-30T04:53:24.985749+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:08.474332+00:00, sha 815a0a4a9b2e)
  - homepage: https://binary.ninja/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.383739+00:00, sha 2d336387c268)
  - site_page: https://binary.ninja/features (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.392848+00:00, sha c1de6e377e25)
  - site_page: https://docs.binary.ninja/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.402211+00:00, sha 1260f20fe66e)
  - site_page: https://docs.binary.ninja/about/license.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.405539+00:00, sha 159bdf7d3961)
  - site_page: https://binary.ninja/support (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.395063+00:00, sha 02970adefe3e)
  - site_page: https://binary.ninja/recover (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.396879+00:00, sha 41c455f22034)
  - site_page: https://binary.ninja/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.398689+00:00, sha 3bbe6738a164)
  - site_page: https://binary.ninja/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:06.403890+00:00, sha 8f91bfed51df)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.