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alexrp | 13 days ago

Binary Ninja deserves a mention in these threads: https://binary.ninja

I've used IDA, Ghidra, and Binary Ninja a lot over the years. At this point I much prefer Binary Ninja for the task of building up an understanding of large binaries with many thousands of types and functions. It also doesn't hurt that its UI/UX feel like something out of this century, and it's very easy to automate using Python scripts.

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dang|13 days ago

One large-ish past thread and a few tinies, for anyone curious:

Binary Ninja – an interactive decompiler, disassembler, debugger - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41297124 - Aug 2024 (1 comment)

Binary Ninja – 4.0: Dorsai - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39546731 - Feb 2024 (1 comment)

Binary Ninja 3.0: The Next Chapter - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30109122 - Jan 2022 (1 comment)

Binary Ninja – A new kind of reversing platform - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12240209 - Aug 2016 (56 comments)

b8|13 days ago

Yep, it's cheaper than IDA and I like the UI better. Also I love that it's made by game hacking folks (my clique).

SoraNoTenshi|13 days ago

I believe the Binja folk originate from the CTF folk.

charcircuit|13 days ago

Wow, they made it free. The last time I used it I bought a $100 subscription for non commercial use.

Thaxll|12 days ago

Not sure why you would use Binary Ninja free version, there are so many limitations, like IDA free the platform support is very low.

dogma1138|13 days ago

BN is nice if someone is paying for it, but has too many limitations especially for the most common use case which is security.

WalterGR|13 days ago

What are the limitations?

capl|13 days ago

Binary Ninja seems way ahead in terms of UX, as a hobby reverser. It's my default as well.

zo1|13 days ago

It's basically "VS Code" UX with dark mode. Come on, is this some sort of joke? Serious question.

xvilka|13 days ago

In particularly I like their approach of creating modern IR pipeline.