This prototype operated on source code that would be compiled and then handed to supported backends:īack in March, while we were discussing internally whether we should release this in some fashion, Matt Borgerson open sourced something similar called mdec. It was based on some code Dougall Johnson tweeted about (which was, itself, based on Robin Lambertz’s code here) and was mainly used, after our HLIL release, to try and understand where our output could be improved relative to other tools. We’ve had a prototype of this internally (which we referred to as “Glennbolt”, because Glenn maintained it) for over a year and a half.

In other words: It’s basically the same thing as Matt Godbolt’s awesome Compiler Explorer, but in reverse.Įven more exciting, Ilfak Guilfanov, founder of Hex-Rays, has provided a special decompiler license for use in the Decompiler Explorer! This means that the service offers Hex-Rays decompilation alongside that of Binary Ninja, Ghidra, angr, and more.

Today, we’re releasing a little side project a few of our developers have been working with the community on: the Decompiler Explorer! This new (free, open source) web service lets you compare the output of different decompilers on small executables.

Hexrays decompiler