ktool

Static Mach-O binary metadata analysis tool / information dumper

Development is currently taking place on the @python3.10 branch.

Installation

# Installtion
pip3 install k2l

# Updating
pip3 install --upgrade k2l

Documentation

https://ktool.rtfd.io

ktool commands

ktool includes both a library, and a script which uses that library to perform various tasks.

It'll add the command ktool to the python scripts directory (pyenv exec ktool if using pyenv)

usage: ktool [command] <flags> [filename]

ktool dump:
ktool dump --headers --out <directory> [filename] - Dump set of headers for a bin/framework
ktool dump --tbd [filename] - Dump .tbd for a framework

ktool file:
ktool file [filename] - Prints (very) basic info about a file (e.g. "Thin MachO Binary")

ktool lipo:
ktool lipo --extract [slicename] [filename] - Extract a slice from a fat binary
ktool lipo --create [--out filename] [filenames] - Create a fat MachO Binary from multiple thin binaries

ktool list:
ktool list --symbols [filename] - Print the symbol table for the file
ktool list --classes [filename] - Print the list of classes
ktool list --protocols [filename] - Print the list of protocols
ktool list --linked [filename] - Print a list of linked libraries

ktool info:
usage: ktool info [-h] [--slice SLICE_INDEX] [--vm] [--cmds] [--binding] filename
ktool info [--slice n] [filename] - Print generic info about a MachO File
ktool info [--slice n] --vm [filename] - Print VM -> Slice -> File address mapping for a slice of a MachO File
ktool info [--slice n] --cmds [filename] - Print list of load commands for a file 
ktool info [--slice n] --binding [filename] - Print binding actions for a file


written in python for the sake of platform independence when operating on static binaries and libraries

Special thanks to

IDA for making it possible to write the code without actually understanding full internals
JLevin and *OS Internals Vol 1 for actually understanding the internals and specifics + writing documentation
arandomdev for guidance + code

GitHub

https://github.com/KritantaDev/ktool