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idaidle

idaidle is an IDA Pro plugin that watches idle time. By default it warns after six hours and, after twelve hours, writes a database snapshot and closes IDA without saving. The warning delay is -OIdaIdleWarningSeconds:N. Builds produce idaidle.so, idaidle.dylib, or idaidle.dll.

Targets: Binary
Category: Native analysis tools
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 30
Last commit: 2026-07-17
Language: C++
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

IDA Pro 9.3 or newer with a matching SDK, CMake 3.31 or newer, and a C++20 compiler. Copy the built plugin into the IDA plugins directory.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{idaidle,
  title = {{idaidle}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/google/idaidle}},
  url = {https://github.com/google/idaidle},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/idaidle/}}
}

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idaidle. https://github.com/google/idaidle (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/idaidle/

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README.md GitHub · google/idaidle · Revision d3206f1