# Binwalk

> Identifies embedded formats and optionally extracts their contents, with entropy analysis for firmware triage.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Firmware tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-15
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk/blob/e0a4434159f22ff926c1baa3872d93a5f8dbf87e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/binwalk/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/binwalk/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/binwalk/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The current v3 implementation is Rust-based; extraction needs the appropriate external tools or the documented container environment.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk/blob/e0a4434159f22ff926c1baa3872d93a5f8dbf87e/README.md>

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