BAP (Binary Analysis Platform) vs dnSpyEx
BAP (Binary Analysis Platform)
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| Figure | BAP (Binary Analysis Platform) | dnSpyEx |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Reverse Engineering Tools | 8.7 (#3) | 7.7 (#22) |
| Analysis tools | BAP includes analyses, a standard interpreter, a microexecution interpreter, and a symbolic executor. | Features include searching assemblies, analyzing class and method usage, finding callers, bookmarks, and exporting to a project. |
| Integrations | The project documents interfaces and plugins for IDA Pro, Ghidra, and LLVM. | To debug Unity games, the project says the dnSpyEx Unity Mono repository is also needed. |
| License | The GitHub repository identifies the project license as MIT. | The repository states that dnSpy is licensed under GPLv3. |
| Purpose | BAP is a suite of utilities and libraries for analyzing binary programs. | dnSpyEx is an unofficial continuation of dnSpy, a debugger and .NET assembly editor for working with assemblies without source code. |
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BAP (Binary Analysis Platform)
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dnSpyEx
dnSpyEx is an unofficial continuation of dnSpy, a debugger and .NET assembly editor for working with assemblies without source code. It can debug .NET Framework, .NET, and Unity game assemblies, with breakpoints, tracepoints, conditional breakpoints, exception breakpoints, and multiple-process debugging. Editing covers metadata and methods or classes in C# and Visual Basic, plus low-level IL method bodies. The project lists C# and Visual Basic decompilers using the ILSpy engine, along with a BAML decompiler and disassembler. Assembly search, class and method usage analysis, caller finding, bookmarks, and project export are also included. A public API supports extensions, and the C# Interactive window can control or script dnSpyEx. The latest stable release listed is v6.6.0, which adds a .NET 10 distribution. It is free under GPLv3. Release notes describe Wine compatibility adjustments for Linux, not native Linux support. Dynamic methods cannot be debugged because of CLR limitations.