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gho

gho reads, extracts, creates and modifies Norton Ghost GHO disk images through a Go library and CLI. Its format documentation maps file and partition records, span handling and compression blocks; the Fast LZ decompressor is described as reverse-engineered from Ghost 11.5.1.

Targets: App
Category: Binary analysis libraries
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 90
Last commit: 2026-05-05
Language: Go
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a Norton Ghost GHO image for inspection or extraction; supported formats are listed for Ghost 11.x–12.x.
Limits: Writing multi-file .ghs spans is unfinished; full-disk image creation is planned.
License: MIT licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{gho,
  title = {{gho}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nyarime/gho}},
  url = {https://github.com/nyarime/gho},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gho/}}
}

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gho. https://github.com/nyarime/gho (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gho/

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README.md GitHub · nyarime/gho · Revision 40af0e8