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Biber

Lightweight binary inspection tool written in Zig.

Biber is a lightweight binary inspection tool written in Zig.

It was originally created while exploring executable formats during x86 kernel development and has since grown into a standalone utility for inspecting ELF and PE binaries.

The goal of Biber is to provide a simple and readable view of executable internals without requiring large reverse engineering frameworks.

Project status: First public release.

Features

ELF

ELF Header parsing

Program Header parsing

Section Header parsing

Symbol table parsing

Relocation parsing

Dynamic section parsing

Notes parsing

GNU Hash / SYSV Hash parsing

PE

DOS Header parsing

NT Header parsing

Section parsing

Import Table parsing

Export Table parsing

Base Relocation parsing

Exception Directory parsing

Debug Directory parsing

TLS Directory parsing

Data Directory overview

Utilities

Entry point inspection

RVA and offset analysis

Hex dump viewer

Built-in disassembler

Executable format detection

Supported Formats

Format<br>Status

ELF32<br>Yes

ELF64<br>Yes

PE32<br>Yes

PE32+<br>Yes

Build

zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall

Linux:

zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall -Dtarget=x86_64-linux-gnu

Windows:

zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall

Usage

Inspect everything:

Biber -f limon.exe -all

Headers:

Biber -f limon.exe -headers

Sections:

Biber -f limon.exe -sections

Symbols:

Biber -f limon.exe -symbols

PE Imports:

Biber -f limon.exe -pe-imports

PE Exports:

Biber -f limon.exe -pe-exports

Disassembler:

Biber -f limon.exe -dis 0x1000 64

Project Links

GitHub:

https://github.com/hrasityilmaz/Biber

Codeberg:

https://codeberg.org/hrasity/Biber

Devlog:

https://auctra.app

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BInary Inspector

www.auctra.app/

Topics

binary

zig

pe32

pe32-plus

elf

inspect

elf-parser

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Biber 0.1 — Public Release

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