m4b/goblin

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1541 stars · 200 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Goblin is a Rust library for parsing and loading binary executable formats including ELF, Mach-O, PE, and Unix/BSD archives. It offers zero-copy, endian-aware, 32/64-bit parsing with optional no_std support for kernels and binary analysis tools.

Use cases

• parse ELF binaries in Rust
• read Mach-O executables
• inspect PE32/PE64 files
• build a binary analysis tool
• write a dynamic linker
• emit object files from a compiler
• analyze binaries of foreign endianness
• run in a no_std kernel to load executables

When to choose

• you need a mature, heavily fuzzed Rust parser for ELF/Mach-O/PE formats
• you need zero-copy or no_std parsing for kernels or embedded analysis
• you want one crate handling multiple executable formats with 32/64-bit support

When to avoid

• you need to execute or emulate binaries rather than parse them
• you need formats beyond ELF/Mach-O/PE/archive (e.g., DWARF debug info is separate)
• you are not working in Rust

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser reverse-engineering developer-tools parsers reverse-engineering developer-tools security rust cross-platform cli elf mach-o pe binary-analysis zero-copy no-std executable-formats archive

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