Detect It Easy

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11420 stars · 947 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Detect It Easy (DiE) is a cross-platform file type identification tool that uses signature-based and heuristic analysis to detect compilers, packers, and file formats like PE, ELF, Mach-O, APK, and archives. It features a flexible, script-driven detection system popular with malware analysts and reverse engineers.

Use cases

• identify what compiler or packer was used to build a binary
• detect file types of unknown executables
• analyze malware samples during reverse engineering
• check entropy of a file to spot packing or encryption
• identify PE, ELF, Mach-O, APK, and archive formats
• write custom detection signatures for new file formats

When to choose

• you need fast, accurate file type and packer identification across Windows, Linux, and macOS
• you are doing malware analysis or digital forensics and need customizable detection rules
• you want a free, actively maintained alternative to tools like PEiD or ExeinfoPE

When to avoid

• you need deep dynamic analysis or debugging rather than static file identification
• you require automated decompilation or disassembly output
• you need a library-only solution without a GUI or CLI

Facets

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reverse-engineering security developer-tools security reverse-engineering developer-tools windows cross-platform file-type-detection packer-detection malware-analysis static-analysis binary-analysis entropy signature-based-detection heuristic-analysis elf pe mach-o linux macos

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