Binary Ninja

Third Party Open Source

Vector 35 is grateful for the following open source packages that are used in Binary Ninja directly or indirectly:

• Documentation
  • breathe-rtd-theme (breathe-rtd-theme license - MIT)
  • breathe (breathe license - BSD)
  • doxygen (doxygen license - GPLv2)
  • mkdocs-material (mkdocs-material License - BSD)
  • mkdocs (mkdocs license - BSD)
  • sphinx (sphinx license - BSD and others)

The previous tools are used in the generation of our documentation, but are not distributed themselves and are merely listed here in acknowledgement for the value they provide.

• UI

  • dejavusanscode (dejavusanscode license - multiple open licenses)
  • opensans (opensans license - Apache 2.0)
  • qt (qt license - LGPLv3 / note, please see our qt build instructions below)
  • libxcb (libxcb license - MIT)
  • sourcecodepro (sourcecodepro license - SIL open font license)
  • rlcompleter (python license - Python Software Foundation License 2)
  • QCheckboxCombo (QCheckboxCombo License - MIT)
  • NotoColorEmoji (NotoColorEmoji License - SIL open font license)

• Core

  • abseil-cpp (abseil-cpp license - Apache 2.0)
  • jsoncpp (jsoncpp - Public Domain / MIT)
  • llvm (llvm license - BSD-style)
  • lzf (lzf license - BSD)
  • python (python license - Python Software Foundation License 2 -- a Python 3.10 built without GPL components is currently shipped with Windows builds only, other platforms leverage existing Python installs)
  • sqlite (sqlite license - public domain)
  • zlib (zlib license - zlib license)
  • rapidjson (rapidjson license - MIT)
  • jemalloc (jemalloc license - 2-clause BSD)
  • curl (curl license - MIT)
  • xxHash (xxHash License - 2-clause BSD)
  • botan (botan license - 2-clause BSD)

• Core (Rust)

  • Rust (Rust license - Apache 2.0 / MIT)
  • pdb-patched (pdb-patched license - Apache 2.0 / MIT -- This repository contains the changes we've made to the PDB crate)
  • adler (adler license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / BSD Zero Clause)
  • aead (aead license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • aes (aes license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • aes-gcm (aes-gcm license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • ahash (ahash license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • aho-corasick (aho-corasick license - MIT / Unlicense)
  • anyhow (anyhow license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • array-init (array-init license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • arrayvec (arrayvec license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • async-compression (async-compression license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • autocfg (autocfg license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • base64 (base64 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • bindgen (bindgen license - BSD 3-Clause)
  • binrw (binrw license - MIT)
  • binrw_derive (binrw_derive license - MIT)
  • bitflags (bitflags license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • block-buffer (block-buffer license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • byteorder (byteorder license - MIT / Unlicense)
  • bytes (bytes license - MIT)
  • cab (cab license - MIT)
  • cc (cc license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • cexpr (cexpr license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • cfg-if (cfg-if license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • cipher (cipher license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • clang-sys (clang-sys license - APACHE 2.0)
  • core-foundation-sys (core-foundation-sys license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • core-foundation (core-foundation license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • cpufeatures (cpufeatures license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • crc32fast (crc32fast license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • ctr (ctr license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • cty (cty license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • curl-sys (curl-sys license - MIT)
  • curl (curl license - MIT)
  • digest (digest license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • either (either license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • encoding_rs (encoding_rs license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / BSD 3-Clause)
  • fallible-iterator (fallible-iterator license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • flate2 (flate2 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • fnv (fnv license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • form_urlencoded (form_urlencoded license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures (futures license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-channel (futures-channel license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-core (futures-core license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-executor (futures-executor license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-io (futures-io license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-macro (futures-macro license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-sink (futures-sink license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-task (futures-task license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • futures-util (futures-util license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • generic-array (generic-array license - MIT)
  • getopts (getopts license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • getrandom (getrandom license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • ghash (ghash license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • gimli (gimli license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • glob (glob license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • h2 (h2 license - MIT)
  • hashbrown (hashbrown license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • home (home license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • http (http license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • http-body (http-body license - MIT)
  • httparse (httparse license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • httpdate (httpdate license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • hyper (hyper license - MIT)
  • hyper-rustls (hyper-rustls license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ISC)
  • idna (idna license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • indexmap (indexmap license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • input_buffer (input_buffer license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • ipnet (ipnet license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • itertools (itertools license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • itoa (itoa license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • keyring (keyring license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • lazy_static (lazy_static license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • lazycell (lazycell license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • lexical-core (lexical-core license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • libc (libc license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • libloading (libloading license - ISC)
  • libz-sys (libz-sys license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • log (log license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • lzxd (lzxd license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • machine-uid (machine-uid license - MIT)
  • markdown (markdown license - MIT)
  • matches (matches license - MIT)
  • memchr (memchr license - MIT / Unlicense)
  • mime (mime license - MIT)
  • mime_guess (mime_guess license - MIT)
  • minimal-lexical (minimal-lexical license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • miniz_oxide (miniz_oxide license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ZLIB)
  • mio (mio license - MIT)
  • nom (nom license - MIT)
  • num-bigint (num-bigint license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • num-integer (num-integer license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • num-traits (num-traits license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • num_cpus (num_cpus license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • num_threads (num_threads license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • object (object license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • once_cell (once_cell license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • opaque-debug (opaque-debug license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • owo-colors (owo-colors license - MIT)
  • pdb (pdb license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • peeking_take_while (peeking_take_while license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pem (pem license - MIT)
  • percent-encoding (percent-encoding license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pin-project (pin-project license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pin-project-internal (pin-project-internal license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pin-project-lite (pin-project-lite license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pin-utils (pin-utils license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pkg-config (pkg-config license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • polyval (polyval license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • ppv-lite86 (ppv-lite86 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • prettyplease (prettyplease license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • proc-macro-hack (proc-macro-hack license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • proc-macro-nested (proc-macro-nested license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • proc-macro2 (proc-macro2 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • pulldown-cmark (pulldown-cmark license - MIT)
  • quote (quote license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • rand (rand license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • rand_chacha (rand_chacha license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • rand_core (rand_core license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • rational (rational license - MIT)
  • regex (regex license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • regex-automata (regex-automata license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • regex-syntax (regex-syntax license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • reqwest (reqwest license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • ring (ring license - ISC / MIT)
  • rot13 (rot13 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • rustc-hash (rustc-hash license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • rustls (rustls license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ISC)
  • rustls-native-certs (rustls-native-certs license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ISC)
  • rustls-pemfile (rustls-pemfile license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ISC)
  • ryu (ryu license - Apache 2.0 / BSL 1)
  • scroll (scroll license - MIT)
  • sct (sct license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ISC)
  • secrets (secrets license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • security-framework-sys (security-framework-sys license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • security-framework (security-framework license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • serde (serde license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • serde_derive (serde_derive license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • serde_json (serde_json license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • serde_urlencoded (serde_urlencoded license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • sha-1 (sha-1 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • shlex (shlex license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • slab (slab license - MIT)
  • socket2 (socket2 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • stable_deref_trait (stable_deref_trait license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • static_assertions (static_assertions license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • subtle (subtle license - BSD 3-Clause)
  • syn (syn license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • thiserror (thiserror license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • thiserror-impl (thiserror-impl license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • time (time license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • tinyvec (tinyvec license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ZLIB)
  • tinyvec_macros (tinyvec_macros license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / ZLIB)
  • tokio (tokio license - MIT)
  • tokio-macros (tokio-macros license - MIT)
  • tokio-rustls (tokio-rustls license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • tokio-tungstenite (tokio-tungstenite license - MIT)
  • tokio-util (tokio-util license - MIT)
  • tower-service (tower-service license - MIT)
  • tracing (tracing license - MIT)
  • tracing-core (tracing-core license - MIT)
  • try-lock (try-lock license - MIT)
  • tungstenite (tungstenite license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • typenum (typenum license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • unicase (unicase license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • unicode-bidi (unicode-bidi license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • unicode-ident (unicode-ident license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT / Unicode)
  • unicode-normalization (unicode-normalization license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • unicode-width (unicode-width license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • unicode-xid (unicode-xid license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • universal-hash (universal-hash license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • untrusted (untrusted license - ISC)
  • url (url license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • utf-8 (utf-8 license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • uuid (uuid license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • vcpkg (vcpkg license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • version_check (version_check license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)
  • want (want license - MIT)
  • webpki (webpki license - ISC)
  • webpki-roots (webpki-roots license - MPL 2.0)
  • which (which license - MIT)
  • x509-signature (x509-signature license - APACHE 2.0 / MIT)

• Other

  • yasm (yasm license - 2-clause BSD) used for assembling x86 and x64
  • xed (xed license - Apache License 2.0) used for disassembling x86, x64, and x16
  • capstone (capstone license - 3-clause BSD) used in the PPC architecture module as an example of how to wrap an external disassembler
  • flatbuffer (flatbuffer license - Apache License 2.0) used in the binary format for the function fingerprint libraries
  • deprecation (deprecation license - Apache License 2.0) used in the Python API for marking deprecated functions/properties/classes

First Party Open Source

• Several components of Binary Ninja developed by Vector 35 directly are released under open source licenses, noted as below:
  • API / Documentation (api license - MIT) APIs (Python, C, C++) and Documentation (User, API, etc)
  • Rust API (rust api license - Apache License 2.0)
  • LIB Files (api license - MIT) .lib files included with the native windows builds of Binary Ninja are released under the same MIT license as the API itself, distinct from the standard EULA
  • Views (views license - Apache License 2.0) Binary views included with the product
  • Architectures (architectures license - Apache License 2.0) Architecture support included with the product
  • IDB Import Plugin - (idb import plugin license - Apache License 2.0)
  • IDB Parser - (idb parser license - Apache License 2.0)
  • DWARF Import - (dwarf import license - Apache License 2.0)
  • DWARF Export - (dwarf export license - Apache License 2.0)

Building Qt

Binary Ninja uses Qt 6.4 under an LGPLv3 license which requires that we host the original sources used to build Qt for our application along with instructions on how that source may be re-built and can replace the version of Qt shipped with Binary Ninja.

Please note that we offer no support for running Binary Ninja with modified Qt libraries.

1. Follow the installation requirements on the Building Qt 6 from Git page.
2. Download the Qt 6.4.3 tarball from binary.ninja. The Qt code has a patch applied but is ABI compatible with the official Qt release.
3. Next, build Qt with the qt-build repository. Alternatively, build Qt using the aforementioned instructions.
4. On macOS, you will need to disable the code-signing signature since it would otherwise prevent changes to binaries or shared libraries.
5. Finally, replace the built libraries:
   • On macOS, replace the QtCore.framework, QtDBus.framework, QtGui.framework, QtNetwork.framework, QtPrintSupport.framework, QtWidgets.framework folders inside of /Applications/Binary Ninja.app/Contents/Frameworks
   • On Windows, replace the Qt6Core.dll, Qt6Gui.dll, Qt6Network.dll, and Qt6Widgets.dll files in C:\Program Files\Vector35\BinaryNinja\.
   • On Linux, replace the libQt6Core.so.6, libQt6DBus.so.6, libQt6Gui.so.6, libQt6Network.so.6, libQt6Widgets.so.6, libQt6XcbQpa.so.6 files wherever Binary Ninja was extracted.