sw5cc / cutter

A Qt and C++ GUI for radare2 reverse engineering framework

Cutter

A Qt and C++ GUI for radare2 reverse engineering framework (originally named Iaito).

Screenshot

Disclaimer

Cutter is not aimed at existing radare2 users. It instead focuses on those whose are not yet radare2 users because of the learning curve, because they don't like CLI applications or because of the difficulty/instability of radare2.

Installing

Downloading a release

Cutter is available for all platforms (Linux, OS X, Windows). You can download the latest release here.

• Linux: use the AppImage file. Then just make it executable and run it:
  • chmod +x Cutter-v1.4-x86_64.AppImage
  • ./Cutter-v1.4-x86_64.AppImage

Building from source

Requirements

Cutter is based on Qt so you will need to have it installed.

• Download: Qt Open Source
• Add Qt 5.9.1: http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-project-qmake.html

Building

First you must clone the repository:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/radareorg/cutter
cd cutter

Building on linux:

./build.sh

Building on Windows:

prepare_r2.bat
build.bat

If any of those do not work, check the more detailed version here.

Check this page for common issues.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Function
Global shortcuts:
.	Focus console input
G & S	Focus search bar
F5	Refresh contents
Disassembly view:
Esc	Seek to previous position
Space	Switch to disassembly graph view
Ctrl/Cmd+C	Copy
;	Add comment
N	Rename current function/flag
Shift+N	Rename flag/function used here
X	Show Xrefs
Disassembly graph view:
Esc	Seek to previous position
Space	Switch to disassembly view
+	Zoom in
-	Zoom out
=	Reset zoom
J	Next instruction
K	Previous instruction

Help

Right now the best place to obtain help from cutter developers and community is joining this telegram group:

• https://t.me/r2cutter
• #cutter on irc.freenode.net
• @r2gui on Twitter