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When these tools come up, I like to post my little list of similar tools, for those interested. Apparently it's a hobby of mine: * fq - like jq for binary data: https://github.com/wader/fq * Kaitai Struct - https://kaitai.io/ * visualizer, for the above: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_visualizer/ * HexFiend - a hex editor, but with "binary templates" feature : https://github.com/HexFiend/HexFiend * binary templates, for the above: https://github.com/HexFiend/HexFiend/blob/master/templates/T... * binspector - https://github.com/binspector/binspector * binary-parsing - a collection of links to similar such tools : https://github.com/dloss/binary-parsing * unblob - https://github.com/onekey-sec/unblob * ImHex - https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex * GNU Poke - https://www.gnu.org/software/poke/ * dtrx - https://github.com/dtrx-py/dtr

^ Insightful! I too have been working in this space for a while. Then I found out about kaitai stuct, lost some steam but regrouped. I do have some novel ideas and my dsl is less verbose than theirs :) I have a DSL in go with cli tooling at https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng/

That's a cool project. I use ImHex myself but wasn't even aware of this. Over the years there has been a silly amount of projects in this space, it is very hard to keep track of them all. I did try to summarize the ones I know about in the feng project, see here, under "SIMILAR WORK": https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng/blob/main/RESOURCES.md Was there anything in particular you wanted to bring to my attention about the ImHex pattern language? From a quick glance it looks similar indeed, with the same basic building blocks as feng (data types and structs), while they use a rust inspired format, and I use yaml format (however I also use the rust-inspired data type naming u8, u16, s16 and so on). A major difference is that feng strives to be usable with minimal/no programming (a custom dsl was developed around this idea), while the ImHex p

Yes, see the "if statements" section in the (very terse) documentation https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng/blob/main/TEMPLATE.md#i... You can see it in use in the PNG format template, here: https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng/blob/main/templates/ima...

I am also working on a project in this space. It is a template format for binary data, and accompanying commandline tooling. It is usable today for tasks such as: - generating structured binary diffs - creating universal extractors, several custom game formats are covered already It is in a early stage but would love some feedback! https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng

> This entire genre of tools has been a long time point of interest for me. Same for me! It turned into a long journey and I am working on a solution that I am very happy about. Somewhere mid-journey I learned about kaitai struct and lost a bit of steam seeing it was similar. But I think my offering is superior in a more simple template format with less programming required and a nice cli app. I am yet to announce it publicly, but i been meaning to for so long already. If you would like to check it out I would be happy! You can use it to map / view content from a format there is a template for. Alot of common formats is already included and you can extend it using your own templates. https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng

> About a central database of binary parsers, I've been wanting this for ages too. The closest I ever found was augeas, but that's for configuration files. I'm working on something, that is a open template format for binary file formats. It is usable today as a universal file extractor, with some bugs and limitations. Check it out at https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng

I'm working on something, that is a open template format for binary file formats. It is usable today as a universal file extractor, with some bugs and limitations. Check it out at https://github.com/martinlindhe/feng