# gdbinit/MachOView

MachOView fork

Repository: https://github.com/gdbinit/MachOView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/machoview
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-22T07:29:07+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": 5072, "days_push": 772, "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 2868, forks 717 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:26.943579+00:00)

## What it is
A macOS GUI application for viewing and exploring Mach-O binary files, revived as a maintained fork with a universal x86_64/arm64 build. It parses Mach-O headers, load commands, and related structures for binary analysis.

## Use cases
- inspect mach-o binary structure on mac
- view load commands in an ios binary
- analyze a mach-o executable header
- reverse engineer an apple silicon binary
- explore objective-c metadata in a mach-o file
- debug malformed mach-o parsing

## When to choose
- you need a visual GUI explorer for Mach-O binaries on macOS
- you work with Apple Silicon or iOS binaries and need arm64 support
- you want a free open-source alternative to paid Mach-O inspection tools

## When to avoid
- you need a scriptable or library-based Mach-O parser (consider go-macho or LIEF)
- you need a cross-platform tool on Linux or Windows
- you require fully hardened parsing of hostile binaries, which the author notes is still a work in progress

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, parser, gui, developer-tools
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cpp, c
- tags: mach-o, binary-analysis, objective-c, apple-silicon, disassembly, capstone, macos

## Member repositories
- gdbinit/MachOView (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.943579+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 2026-08-30T07:35:55.735173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gdbinit/MachOView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.943579+00:00, sha 404877803d74)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.