# sibears/IDAGolangHelper

Set of IDA Pro scripts for parsing GoLang types information stored in compiled binary

Repository: https://github.com/sibears/IDAGolangHelper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/idagolanghelper
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: ida
Last push: 2023-12-19T04:39:11+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": 3224, "days_push": 988, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1092, forks 154 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.272512+00:00)

## What it is
A set of IDA Pro Python scripts that parse Go type information embedded in compiled Go binaries and register the recovered types inside IDA. It supports Go 1.7 through 1.10 and adds basic string recognition for the current function.

## Use cases
- analyze a compiled Go binary in IDA Pro
- recover Go type definitions from a stripped executable
- rename and structure types in an IDA database for reverse engineering
- find and label strings inside a Go function during reversing
- reverse engineer malware written in Go

## When to choose
- you reverse engineer Go binaries in IDA Pro and need type information restored
- you analyze Go 1.7-1.10 executables with stripped symbols
- you want automated Go type parsing instead of manual struct definition

## When to avoid
- you use a different disassembler than IDA Pro
- you need support for very recent Go versions beyond 1.10
- you need a maintained tool with an active release cycle and license

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: reverse-engineering, parser, developer-tools
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools
- platform: python, windows
- tags: ida-pro, golang, binary-analysis, disassembly, static-analysis, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sibears/IDAGolangHelper (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.272512+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 2026-08-30T06:49:03.771344+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sibears/IDAGolangHelper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.272512+00:00, sha 83077841b73a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.