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ghidra_tools

A collection of Ghidra scripts, including the GPT-3 powered code analyser and annotator, G-3PO.

4Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
315GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

A collection of Ghidra scripts, including the GPT-3 powered code analyser and annotator, G-3PO.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month6 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2023-01-04 07:19:12 UTC to 2024-03-17 18:02:16 UTC.

012342023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 commentsJan 20232023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 20232023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 2024

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Jan 20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC404
Feb 20232023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20232023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20232023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20232023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20232023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20232023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20232023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20232023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20232023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20232023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Dec 20232023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20242024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20242024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

6 sources
Hey guys, I'm the one who wrote the post and the Ghidra plugin. Really delighted to see it get so much traction here! I just merged a couple of PRs which should improve the tool somewhat -- one from eShuttleworth, which uses GPT-3's feedback to automatically rename the function and global variables, and another from me, which does the same for what Ghidra internally refers to as HighVariables (variables visible in the decompiled code listing, as opposed to just the assembly listing). Turns out these two things only look like similar operations from the perspective of the GUI. Here's the public github repo: <https://github.com/tenable/ghidra_tools> Please feel free to fork it and send me PRs with any features or fixes you think might be useful.
In G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering
A few days ago this went mostly ignored (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34161642) and I was asked to re-submit it (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34250150) so that it gets a second chance. That’s a script for the reverse-engineering tool Ghidra that uses GPT-3 to de-compile machine code and to write plain English explanations of what a piece of code does. The article is quite detailed and describes both its capabilities and its limitations. That G-3PO script is open source, MIT license: https://github.com/tenable/ghidra_tools/tree/main/g3po There was also another HN story about what at first sight looks like an alternative implementation of the same idea: “GptHidra – Ghidra plugin that asks OpenAI Chat GPT to explain functions” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34165291 This one is more recent and lacks that good write-up m
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entioned above. The script is smaller and it seems to have fewer features. I suggest checking both of them.
In G-3PO: A protocol droid for Ghidra, or GPT-3 for reverse-engineering
Yes, a few days ago there was a story in HN that went mostly ignored: “G-3PO: A Protocol Droid for Ghidra” https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/g-3po-a-protocol-droid-f... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34161642 That’s a script for the reverse-engineering tool Ghidra that uses GPT-3 to de-compile machine code and to write plain English explanations of what a piece of code does. The article is quite detailed and describes both its capabilities and its limitations. That G-3PO script is open source, MIT license: https://github.com/tenable/ghidra_tools/tree/main/g3po There was also another HN story about what at first sight looks like an alternative implementation of the same idea: “GptHidra – Ghidra plugin that asks OpenAI Chat GPT to explain functions” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34165291 This one is more recent and lacks that
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good write-up mentioned above. The script is smaller and it seems to have fewer features. I suggest checking both of them.
In Ask HN: Has anyone tried throwing GPT3 at unobfuscating / disassembly?

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