# 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.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/nyarime/gho>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nyarime/gho/blob/40af0e8eca5ce80aec8788320a98faadb666cb40/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gho/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gho/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gho/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nyarime/gho/blob/40af0e8eca5ce80aec8788320a98faadb666cb40/README.md>

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