# Intel XED

> Encode and decode x86 instructions through Intel’s library and example analysis utilities.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-29
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/intelxed/xed>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/intelxed/xed/blob/0bcb6237345c5066726dcc08b3d87928df3b5b26/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/intel-xed/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/intel-xed/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/intel-xed/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Source builds require Python, a native build toolchain and the separate mbuild checkout alongside xed. The build produces platform-specific static or shared libraries and optional examples.
- The tool encodes and decodes x86 instructions. Encoder-only and decoder-only configurations are available to reduce library size.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/intelxed/xed/blob/0bcb6237345c5066726dcc08b3d87928df3b5b26/README.md>

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