Case study

XexTool-RE: reconstructing the Xbox 360 XexTool utility

XexTool-RE reimplements the closed XexTool utility from analysis of its binary and processes Xbox 360 .xex executables. Its C++ CLI and GUI inspect headers, extract basefiles and resources, convert compression or encryption, and document XEX layout and digest behavior. The author reports byte-identical output for most compared operations, with stated exceptions.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-07-15
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A C++17 compiler is required; the author built and tested with MinGW-w64 g++ on Windows.
Prerequisites: Users supply their own .xex files; original XexTool and test files are not included.
Limits: Special patches are unusable, several limit variants are unmapped, and one delta-patch sample differs.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{xextool-re-case,
  title = {{XexTool-RE: reconstructing the Xbox 360 XexTool utility}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mrtitanic777/XexTool-RE}},
  url = {https://github.com/mrtitanic777/XexTool-RE},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/xextool-re-case/}}
}

Plain text

XexTool-RE: reconstructing the Xbox 360 XexTool utility. https://github.com/mrtitanic777/XexTool-RE (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/xextool-re-case/

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README.md GitHub · mrtitanic777/XexTool-RE · Revision c421d37