# splat

> Binary splitter for decompilation and modding projects: a YAML config says where and how to cut an N64 ROM or PSX, PS2 or PSP binary into code, data and asset segments. A scan phase disassembles code and data, with MIPS handled by spimdisasm; a split phase writes the files and a linker script for rebuilding the input. Custom segment types can extend the pipeline.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Game analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-18
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-19
- Original resource: <https://github.com/ethteck/splat>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/splat/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/splat/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/splat/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Python 3.9+; install the splat64 package with the mips extra, which the N64, PSX, PS2 and PSP platforms require. The PyPI release at review was 0.50.1, uploaded 2026-10-10; 0.50.0 introduced breaking symbol and overlay changes. The repository has no GitHub releases.
- Only the n64, psx, ps2 and psp platforms are documented; the overview calls PSX and PS2 support limited, the ELF quickstart excludes relocatable ELFs, and the README points GameCube/Wii projects to decomp-toolkit. create_config generates a starting YAML from a user-supplied ROM or ELF, which must then be refined segment by segment.
- MIT license. splat splits, disassembles and emits a linker script; it does not decompile to C or by itself produce a matching build, and symbol names and types come from the analyst's optional symbol_addrs file.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/docs/Home.md>
3. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/docs/Configuration.md#L76-L88>
4. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/docs/Quickstart.md>
5. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/docs/Quickstart-Elf.md>
6. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/pyproject.toml>
7. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/CHANGELOG.md>
8. <https://github.com/ethteck/splat/blob/7548b9771e6f8418507b23434187fb07741af6d4/LICENSE>
9. <https://pypi.org/project/splat64/0.50.1/>

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