# Unshield

> Unshield lists and extracts files from InstallShield cabinet files through a C tool and library. Its implementation uses existing extractor source as a reference for the undocumented format and aims to support InstallShield versions 5 and later.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/twogood/unshield>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/twogood/unshield/blob/c602af69d4edee13450ff60965a752fdbfca854a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/unshield/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/unshield/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/unshield/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An InstallShield cabinet file is required as input.
- **Prerequisites:** CMake is used to build the C source.
- **Limits:** Malformed or crafted cabinet files can cause crashes or out-of-bounds reads; process untrusted files in a sandbox.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/twogood/unshield/blob/c602af69d4edee13450ff60965a752fdbfca854a/README.md>

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