# 045 - Rizin and Cutter

- Show: [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast)
- Published: 2021-02-15
- Length: 1h 21m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter
- Listen: https://unnamedre.com/episode/45

## Summary

Florian Märkl and Itay Cohen, core developers of the open-source reverse engineering tools Rizin and Cutter, discuss the project's history, technical architecture, and community governance. They explain how Rizin, a fork of radare2, provides a command-line framework while Cutter offers a graphical interface, detailing workflows for static analysis, decompilation, and binary patching. The conversation covers the technical rationale for the fork, including stability and community toxicity issues, and highlights features like emulation, plugin-based architecture, and support for diverse processor architectures.

## Chapters

- [0:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=28) Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
- [7:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=469) Rizin and Cutter Architecture and Workflow
- [19:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=1176) Static Analysis, Decompilation, and Type Inference
- [39:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=2344) Case Study: Reversing Chiaki and Dynamic Analysis
- [46:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=2797) Architecture Support and Plugin System
- [54:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=3241) The Radare2 Fork: Community and Technical Reasons
- [1:04:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2021-02-15-045-rizin-and-cutter#t=3899) Future Roadmap, Emulation, and Learning Resources

## Topics

- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Rizin (tool)
- Cutter (tool)
- radare2 (tool)
- IDA Pro (tool)
- Ghidra (tool)
- Chiaki (product)
- Frida (tool)
- Wireshark (tool)
- objdump (tool)
- Unity (other)
- Meson (tool)
- RISC-V (chip)

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