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LLM4Decompile uses large language models to reverse engineer binary code into assembly instructions and potentially source code.
Good fit when
- When you need a tool that leverages advanced language models for decompiling binaries more effectively than traditional methods.
- If your project involves working with x86 or similar architectures where the conversion from assembly to higher-level languages is critical.
Avoid when
- Avoid this tool if you require high precision in recreating exact source code, especially for heavily optimized binaries that lose contextual information during compilation.
- Do not use LLM4Decompile when working with less common architectures (e.g., RISC-V) unless explicitly supported or tested by the model.
- Pricing:
- freemium - The tool itself is open-source under the MIT license, but using it effectively may require access to specific large language models that could have associated costs.
- Requirements:
- Min 16 GB RAM; Requires a GPU for optimal performance with the specified model.
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Overview
A tool that uses large language models to reverse engineer binary code into assembly instructions and potentially source code.
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- Deploy
- Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 17, 2026
- Docker
- Dockerfile present
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- python
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Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 17, 2026)
conda create -n 'llm4decompile' python=3.9 -ySource link
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Quick Start
Setup: Please use the script below to install the necessary environment.
git clone https://github.com/albertan017/LLM4Decompile.git
cd LLM4Decompile
conda create -n 'llm4decompile' python=3.9 -y
conda activate llm4decompile
pip install -r requirements.txt
Here is an example of how to use our model (Revised for V1.5. For previous models, please check the corresponding model page at HF). Note: Replace the "func0" with the function name you want to decompile.
Preprocessing: Compile the C code into binary, and disassemble the binary into assembly instructions.
import subprocess
import os
func_name = 'func0'
OPT = ["O0", "O1", "O2", "O3"]
fileName = 'samples/sample' #'path/to/file'
for opt_state in OPT:
output_file = fileName +'_' + opt_state
input_file = fileName+'.c'
compile_command = f'gcc -o {output_file}.o {input_file} -{opt_state} -lm'#compile the code with GCC on Linux
subprocess.run(compile_command, shell=True, check=True)
compile_command = f'objdump -d {output_file}.o > {output_file}.s'#disassemble the binary file into assembly instructions
subprocess.run(compile_command, shell=True, check=True)
input_asm = ''
with open(output_file+'.s') as f:#asm file
asm= f.read()
if '<'+func_name+'>:' not in asm: #IMPORTANT replace func0 with the function name
raise ValueError("compile fails")
asm = '<'+func_name+'>:' + asm.split('<'+func_name+'>:')[-1].split('\n\n')[0] #IMPORTANT replace func0 with the function name
asm_clean = ""
asm_sp = asm.split("\n")
for tmp in asm_sp:
if len(tmp.split("\t"))<3 and '00' in tmp:
continue
idx = min(
len(tmp.split("\t")) - 1, 2
)
tmp_asm = "\t".join(tmp.split("\t")[idx:]) # remove the binary code
tmp_asm = tmp_asm.split("#")[0].strip() # remove the comments
asm_clean += tmp_asm + "\n"
input_asm = asm_clean.strip()
before = f"# This is the assembly code:\n"#prompt
after = "\n# What is the source code?\n"#prompt
input_asm_prompt = before+input_asm.strip()+after
with open(fileName +'_' + opt_state +'.asm','w',encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(input_asm_prompt)
Assembly instructions should be in the format:
<FUNCTION_NAME>:\nOPERATIONS\nOPERATIONS\n
Typical assembly instructions may look like this:
<func0>:
endbr64
lea (%rdi,%rsi,1),%eax
retq
Decompilation: Use LLM4Decompile to translate the assembly instructions into C:
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM
import torch
model_path = 'LLM4Binary/llm4decompile-6.7b-v1.5' # V1.5 Model
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_path,torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16).cuda()
with open(fileName +'_' + OPT[0] +'.asm','r') as f:#optimization level O0
asm_func = f.read()
inputs = tokenizer(asm_func, return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=2048)### max length to 4096, max new tokens should be below the range
c_func_decompile = tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][len(inputs[0]):-1])
with open(fileName +'.c','r') as f:#original file
func = f.read()
print(f'original function:\n{func}')# Note we only decompile one function, where the original file may contain multiple functions
print(f'decompiled function:\n{c_func_decompile}')
build docker
docker build -t llm4decompile .
run docker with GPU
docker run --gpus all -it --name llm4decompile llm4decompile /bin/bash
License
This code repository is licensed under the MIT and DeepSeek License.
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This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.