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bingrep vs readpe: catalog facts
bingrep	readpe
Best for: Developers inspecting compiled binaries from the command line	Best for: Malware analysts and reverse engineers inspecting Windows executables
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free and open source under GPL-2.0-or-later.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Inspects ELF, Mach-O, archive, and PE binaries Can demangle symbols All 3 strengths for bingrep Inspects ELF, Mach-O, archive, and PE binaries Can demangle symbols Installable through Cargo	Analyzes Portable Executable binaries from the command line Build instructions cover Linux, macOS, and Windows through Cygwin All 3 strengths for readpe Analyzes Portable Executable binaries from the command line Build instructions cover Linux, macOS, and Windows through Cygwin Includes multiple utilities for PE file analysis
Relocations are not shown properly for all architectures. PE support is debug only.	Windows builds require Cygwin
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for bingrep github.com/m4b/bingrep Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for readpe github.com/mentebinaria/readpe Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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