Binary Ninja

Third Party Open Source

Vector 35 is grateful for the following open source packages that are used in Binary Ninja directly or indirectly:

• Documentation
  • breathe-rtd-theme (breathe-rtd-theme license - MIT)
  • breathe (breathe license - BSD)
  • doxygen (doxygen license - GPLv2)
  • mkdocs-material (mkdocs-material License - BSD)
  • mkdocs (mkdocs license - BSD)
  • sphinx (sphinx license - BSD and others)

The previous tools are used in the generation of our documentation, but are not distributed themselves and are merely listed here in acknowledgement for the value they provide.

• UI

  • dejavusanscode (dejavusanscode license - multiple open licenses)
  • opensans (opensans license - Apache 2.0)
  • qt (qt license - LGPLv3 / note, please see our qt build instructions below)
  • libxcb (libxcb license - MIT)
  • sourcecodepro (sourcecodepro license - SIL open font license)
  • rlcompleter (python license - Python Software Foundation License 2)
  • QCheckboxCombo (QCheckboxCombo License - MIT)
  • NotoColorEmoji (NotoColorEmoji License - SIL open font license)

• Core

  • abseil-cpp (abseil-cpp license - Apache 2.0)
  • BinExport (binexport license - Apache 2.0) - Google project, Vector 35 fork
  • jsoncpp (jsoncpp - Public Domain / MIT)
  • llvm (llvm license - BSD-style)
  • lzf (lzf license - BSD)
  • python (python license - Python Software Foundation License 2 -- a Python 3.10 built without GPL components is currently shipped with Windows builds only, other platforms leverage existing Python installs)
  • sqlite (sqlite license - public domain)
  • zlib (zlib license - zlib license)
  • rapidjson (rapidjson license - MIT)
  • jemalloc (jemalloc license - 2-clause BSD)
  • curl (curl license - MIT)
  • xxHash (xxHash License - 2-clause BSD)
  • botan (botan license - 2-clause BSD)
  • [fmt] ([fmt license] - MIT)
  • dtl (dtl license - BSD)
  • JSON for Modern C++ (JSON for Modern C++ license - MIT)
  • zstd (zstd license - BSD)
  • openssl (openssl license - Apache 2.0)

• Other

  • yasm (yasm license - 2-clause BSD) used for assembling x86 and x64
  • xed (xed license - Apache License 2.0) used for disassembling x86, x64, and x16
  • capstone (capstone license - 3-clause BSD) used in the PPC architecture module as an example of how to wrap an external disassembler
  • flatbuffer (flatbuffer license - Apache License 2.0) used in the binary format for the function fingerprint libraries
  • deprecation (deprecation license - Apache License 2.0) used in the Python API for marking deprecated functions/properties/classes

Rust Licenses

Due to its different document generation system, all our rust dependencies and their licenses are collected in:

• Binary Ninja Core Rust Licenses
• Binary Ninja API Rust Licenses
• Tricore Rust Licenses
• C-SKY Rust Licenses

First Party Open Source

• Several components of Binary Ninja developed by Vector 35 directly are released under open source licenses, noted as below:
  • API / Documentation (api license - MIT) APIs (Python, C, C++) and Documentation (User, API, etc)
  • Rust API (rust api license - Apache License 2.0)
  • LIB Files (api license - MIT) .lib files included with the native windows builds of Binary Ninja are released under the same MIT license as the API itself, distinct from the standard EULA
  • Views (views license - Apache License 2.0) Binary views included with the product
  • Architectures (architectures license - Apache License 2.0) Architecture support included with the product
  • DWARF Import - (dwarf import license - MIT)
  • DWARF Export - (dwarf export license - MIT)
  • IDB Import - (idb import license - MIT)
  • SCC - (scc license - MIT)

Building Qt

Binary Ninja uses Qt 6.8 under an LGPLv3 license which requires that we host the original sources used to build Qt for our application along with instructions on how that source may be re-built and can replace the version of Qt shipped with Binary Ninja.

Please note that we offer no support for running Binary Ninja with modified Qt libraries.

1. Follow the installation requirements on the Building Qt 6 from Git page.
2. Download the Qt 6.8.2 tarball from binary.ninja. The Qt code has a patch applied but is ABI compatible with the official Qt release.
3. Next, build Qt with the qt-build repository. Alternatively, build Qt using the aforementioned instructions.
4. On macOS, you will need to disable the code-signing signature since it would otherwise prevent changes to binaries or shared libraries.
5. Finally, replace the built libraries:
   • On macOS, replace the QtCore.framework, QtDBus.framework, QtGui.framework, QtNetwork.framework, QtPrintSupport.framework, QtWidgets.framework folders inside of /Applications/Binary Ninja.app/Contents/Frameworks
   • On Windows, replace the Qt6Core.dll, Qt6Gui.dll, Qt6Network.dll, and Qt6Widgets.dll files in C:\Program Files\Vector35\BinaryNinja\.
   • On Linux, replace the libQt6Core.so.6, libQt6DBus.so.6, libQt6Gui.so.6, libQt6Network.so.6, libQt6Widgets.so.6, libQt6XcbQpa.so.6 files wherever Binary Ninja was extracted.