# BinScan

> BinScan scans files in bulk and emits per-file JSON containing format identification, structural metadata, hashes and entropy. Its C++ library includes parsers for PE, ELF and Mach-O executables alongside archives, packages, documents and images, with a staged read, analyze and write pipeline.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Mraxzist/BinScan>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Mraxzist/BinScan/blob/7bd7e78526a566ff16ade4019d48b3914297c534/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/binscan/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/binscan/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/binscan/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** C++20, CMake and OpenSSL; the README provides Windows, Linux and macOS build instructions.
- **Limits:** The author describes the current version as unreleased and warns that results may contain inaccuracies.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Mraxzist/BinScan/blob/7bd7e78526a566ff16ade4019d48b3914297c534/README.md>

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