Command-line tool

binwalk

brew/binwalk

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Searches a binary image for embedded files and executable code

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install binwalk

Linux

brew install binwalk

Scan a binary file

binwalk path/to/binary

Extract files from a binary, specifying the output directory

binwalk -e -C output_directory path/to/binary

Recursively extract files from a binary limiting the recursion depth to 2

binwalk -e -M -d 2 path/to/binary

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