Case study

Xbox 360 kernel: decompiling version 17489.0

This is a work-in-progress decompilation of the Xbox 360 kernel, file set 21256.18_D, kernel version 17489.0. xboxkrnld.exe has SHA-1 a303e3404e8dd0b9e9defd38aa6c37e04eb19101. xboxkrnld.pdb has SHA-1 625c54f4f273c66fd7a08e8b2ff7d1167983eeba. The image goes in orig/21256.18_D. python configure.py and ninja build it. objdiff.json appears after the first successful build.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 24
Last commit: 2026-09-30
Language: Python
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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Requirements & limits

Python 3 and Ninja. macOS uses wine-crossover. Linux x86 uses wibo, which the build downloads.
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BibTeX

@misc{xkrnl-decomp,
  title = {{Xbox 360 kernel: decompiling version 17489.0}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AleBello7276/xkrnl-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/AleBello7276/xkrnl-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/xkrnl-decomp/}}
}

Plain text

Xbox 360 kernel: decompiling version 17489.0. https://github.com/AleBello7276/xkrnl-decomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/xkrnl-decomp/

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README.md GitHub · AleBello7276/xkrnl-decomp · Revision cfe7a00