# mandiant/GoReSym

Go symbol recovery tool

Repository: https://github.com/mandiant/GoReSym
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goresym
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gsoc-2026
Last push: 2026-08-08T05:08:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 79, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1660, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 63, "gap_med": 66.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1069, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.591896+00:00)

## What it is
GoReSym is a cross-platform CLI tool that extracts symbols, function metadata, types, and program metadata from Go binaries, including stripped and UPX-packed ones. It is based on the Go compiler's runtime code and outputs results as JSON.

## Use cases
- recover symbols from stripped Go binaries
- analyze malware written in Go
- extract function names and types from Go executables
- identify Go compiler version of a binary
- reverse engineer UPX-packed Go programs

## When to choose
- you need to reverse engineer Go executables
- analyzing Go malware samples
- recovering metadata from stripped or packed Go binaries

## When to avoid
- analyzing binaries written in other languages like Rust or C
- you need a GUI-based disassembler

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, parser, security
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: go-binaries, symbol-recovery, malware-analysis, binary-analysis, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mandiant/GoReSym (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.591896+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 2026-08-30T06:54:28.133987+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mandiant/GoReSym (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.591896+00:00, sha 4c5bbe1aaaf5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.