A focused desktop explorer for Mach-O binaries, archives, and dyld shared cache.

Language: English | 简体中文

• Open and inspect Mach-O / Fat Mach-O / .a archive / dyld shared cache in one UI.
• Drill from structure to code quickly: sections, symbols, disassembly, xref, call graph hints.
• Understand modern Apple binaries better: ObjC metadata, Swift metadata, dyld exports/fixups.
• Work safely on suspicious files with hardened parser checks and regression coverage.

• Rich binary views: load commands, sections, symbols, relocations, strings.
• Optional Capstone disassembly for __TEXT,__text.
• Swift semantic graph (__swift5_*) and ObjC metadata browsing.
• Dyld shared cache image listing/extraction and direct drill-in workflow.
• Productive table UX: filter, copy row(s), CSV export, keyboard navigation.
• Built-in update check with reminder options and release-page guidance.

• Latest release: https://github.com/everettjf/MachOExplorer/releases/latest
• Homebrew:

brew update && brew tap everettjf/homebrew-tap && brew install --cask machoexplorer

1. Launch MachOExplorer.
2. Open a sample binary (sample/simple or sample/complex) or your own Mach-O file.
3. Navigate from Layout tree to sections/symbols/disassembly views.

Run full analysis in command-line mode and output to stdout or file:

./build/MachOExplorer --cli sample/simple
./build/MachOExplorer --cli --format json --output /tmp/simple-analysis.json sample/simple

Common options:

• --format text|json output format (default text)
• --output <path> write analysis output to file
• --max-rows <N> limit rows per table (0 means unlimited)
• --max-depth <N> limit tree depth (0 means unlimited)
• --root-path <path> export only one matching analysis subtree
• --name-filter <text> keep nodes whose display names match the text
• --table-mode <full|headers|summary> control table payload size
• --include-empty include empty nodes

The JSON output is automation-friendly and now includes stable metadata such as schemaVersion, summary, node path / kind / childIndex, and row cells / rowIndex.

• Developer guide (build/test/release): DEVELOP.md
• Packaging notes: docs/release_packaging.md
• CLI guide: CLI.md

Issues and PRs are welcome:

• Project: https://github.com/everettjf/MachOExplorer
• Issues: https://github.com/everettjf/MachOExplorer/issues

MIT. See LICENSE.