# classdump-dyld

> classdump-dyld is a command-line tool that generates Objective-C headers from Mach-O app binaries, libraries, frameworks, bundles, and images in the dyld shared cache. It can dump a single class or process compatible files recursively.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App · Binary
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/limneos/classdump-dyld>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/limneos/classdump-dyld/blob/31b6f9d897ed12065d9d30cc3aba548c892407f5/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/classdump-dyld/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/classdump-dyld/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/classdump-dyld/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Requires a command-line shell on an iOS 5+ device or Mac OS X.
- Works with Mach-O files only.
- Some files cannot be dumped when protection prevents dynamic loading from another process.
- GPL-3.0 per the README.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/limneos/classdump-dyld/blob/31b6f9d897ed12065d9d30cc3aba548c892407f5/readme.md>

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