GView usage

First run

Pre-built archives are produced by the CI/CD pipeline for each supported operating system. Download the archive for your platform and run the main binary (GView or GView.exe on Windows).

Windows

Unzip the release archive and run GView.exe (tested on Windows 10 x64).

Linux

Builds are made on Ubuntu 20.04 (Intel). Precompiled binaries run on Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04. Older images (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04) may have incompatible GLIBC.

macOS / OS X

You may see a warning that macOS cannot verify the app. Until binaries are digitally signed and notarized, you must manually allow each binary to run in System Preferences → Security & Privacy. Do not disable Gatekeeper system-wide.

Building from source

CMake is used to build the project on all platforms.
vcpkg is used for dependencies; see the repository .github/workflows/ci.yml for the build pipeline.

Clone with submodules:

git clone --recurse-submodules <repo-url>/GView.git

Configure and build:

Windows (Visual Studio):

cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release cmake –build build –config Release

Linux / macOS:

cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release cmake –build build

With tests: add -DENABLE_TESTS=ON. The build produces a GViewTesting executable; unit tests live in **/tests_*.cpp and are driven by cmake/core_testing.cmake.

Configuration

GView is configured via GView.ini next to the executable. If the file is missing, run GView reset from the CLI to create a default one. See GView configuration file for the INI format and options.

Dependencies

Dependencies are managed via vcpkg (vcpkg.json). Main third-party libraries: AppCUI (terminal UI, subproject), Capstone (disassembly), OpenSSL (crypto), SQLite3, zlib, PCRE2, LLVMDemangle (symbol demangling).