RawView

AI-assisted reverse engineering for Ghidra: a Qt (PySide6) desktop app that drives Ghidra headlessly over Py4J, with decompiler, disassembly, strings, imports/exports, xrefs, and related tools in one docked window.

Optional: an agent dock uses the Anthropic API when you add a key under File -> Settings. Ghidra is not bundled; you point RawView at your install (or ZIP URL) in settings.

Author: @codeminute-the-dev

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Features

• Open binaries and run analysis through Ghidra without using the Ghidra Swing UI for day-to-day navigation.
• Docked panes, themes, shortcuts, work notes, and optional RE session archives (.rvre.zip style workflow).
• Windows-focused packaging: PyInstaller onedir + WiX per-user MSI. Use the repo Releases tab for prebuilt installers when the maintainer uploads them.

Requirements

OS	Windows (primary; scripts and MSI are Windows-oriented)
Python	3.11+
Ghidra	Your own install or official ZIP; configured inside the app
JDK	21+ for compiling the Java bridge; the app can fetch Temurin into %LOCALAPPDATA%\RawView\ on first run

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/codeminute-the-dev/RawView.git
cd RawView
python -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
pip install -e ".[dev]"
python -m rawview.scripts.compile_java
python -m rawview

Editable install (-e) picks up Python changes without reinstalling.

Windows MSI (from this repo)

1. Install WiX Toolset 3.11+ and ensure bin is on PATH, or set env var WIX to the toolkit root.
2. From the repo root:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\build-msi.ps1

Output:

• dist\RawView\: portable PyInstaller layout (RawView.exe). All Python dependencies from pyproject.toml are frozen into _internal at build time (there is no Python or pip on the user's PC for the MSI build).
• dist\RawView\BUNDLED_PYTHON_PACKAGES.txt: pip freeze from the build machine after pip install ".[dev]", shipped next to RawView.exe for transparency.
• dist_installer\RawView-<version>.msi: per-user WiX installer (Start menu + desktop shortcuts, full GPL license text in the wizard).

Rebuild WiX only (reuse dist\RawView): .\scripts\build-msi.ps1 -SkipPyInstaller (the script still runs pip install ".[dev]" and refreshes BUNDLED_PYTHON_PACKAGES.txt before harvesting).

Repository layout

Path	Purpose
rawview/	Application code; Java bridge sources under rawview/java/
packaging/	rawview.spec, WiX Product.wxs, icons
scripts/	build-windows.ps1, build-msi.ps1, export-source-zip.ps1
installer/	Windows installer build notes (BUILD.txt)
pip/	Helper scripts for editable installs in a dedicated folder
LICENSE	GPLv3 full text

This repo is the project root (the folder with pyproject.toml). The inner rawview/ directory is only the Python package name, not a separate publishable tree.

Source-only archive

To zip exactly what Git tracks (no dist/, build/, etc.):

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\export-source-zip.ps1

Writes RawView-source-<version>.zip on the parent of this repo folder.

Security

Do not commit API keys, tokens, or rawview.env from your machine. Settings normally live under %LOCALAPPDATA%\RawView\. .gitignore excludes common secret filenames and large local Ghidra/JDK trees if they are ever copied next to the clone.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0.