A Ghidra extension for exporting parts of a program as object files
This Ghidra extension unrelocates machine code through analysis and then synthesizes a working object file from a listing selection. It effectively turns computer programs into Lego bricks, to be torn down into pieces and reused into something new. It supports the COFF and ELF object file formats, for the x86 and MIPS architectures. It has been successfully used on Linux, Windows and PlayStation executables. One user report is on a commercial video game from 2009 with a ~7 MiB Windows executable written in C++: it was delinked without its C runtime library and then relinked into a new…
A Ghidra extension for exporting parts of a program as object files launched on August 22, 2024 with 304 votes, #141 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This Ghidra extension extracts selected machine code from compiled programs and converts it into reusable object files in COFF or ELF formats. It supports x86 and MIPS architectures and has worked on Linux, Windows, and PlayStation executables. The tool analyzes and unrelocates code to create standalone components that can be relinked elsewhere, enabling uses like modding, porting software, and converting file formats.
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From the sources
Ghidra extension for exporting relocatable object files - boricj/ghidra-delinker-extension
In the maker’s words, at launch
This Ghidra extension unrelocates machine code through analysis and then synthesizes a working object file from a listing selection. It effectively turns computer programs into Lego bricks, to be torn down into pieces and reused into something new. It supports the COFF and ELF object file formats, for the x86 and…
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