geohot/qira
QEMU Interactive Runtime Analyser observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4380
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1523
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4070 stars · 467 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
QIRA is a QEMU-based interactive runtime analyser that traces program execution and presents it in a web UI, acting as a competitor to strace and gdb. It supports multiple architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC) and includes IDA plugin integration.
Use cases
- trace binary execution like strace but interactive
- reverse engineer binaries without a debugger
- debug cross-architecture programs like ARM or MIPS
- analyze program forks and multiple traces visually
- step through execution history of a program
- inspect register and memory changes during runtime
When to choose
- you need time-travel style debugging of a binary
- you want strace-like tracing with a visual timeline
- you analyze binaries for foreign architectures via QEMU emulation
- you prefer a web UI over gdb's command line
When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool on modern Linux distributions
- you only need simple strace output
- you require native Windows or macOS tracing
- you need a debugger with active community support
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
reverse-engineering tracing developer-tools security reverse-engineering developer-tools cli qemu dynamic-analysis binary-analysis strace-alternative gdb-alternative web-ui multi-architecture debugging command-line linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/geohot/qira · fetched 2026-08-28 · 64f3cf20a173
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| geohot/qira | main | 23 |
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