proteqtum/interactive-binary-structures — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Explore the byte-level structure of a Windows PE file for reverse engineering or study.
Use as an offline reference in an air-gapped malware analysis environment.
Teach students how PE headers relate to each other and to memory layout.
Translate the tool's interface into a new language via its built-in language file.
| proteqtum/interactive-binary-structures | agentzh/agentzh.org | caseclose/cma-harness | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Language | HTML | HTML | HTML |
| Last pushed | — | 2017-04-06 | — |
| Maintenance | — | Dormant | — |
| Setup difficulty | easy | easy | hard |
| Complexity | 1/5 | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| Audience | developer | writer | researcher |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
No install required, just open the HTML file directly in a browser.
Interactive Binary Structures is a small web-based toolkit for exploring the exact byte layout of the Windows PE file format, the format used by Windows executables and DLLs. It is aimed at malware analysts, reverse engineers, and cybersecurity students who need to understand both how a PE file is arranged on disk and how that same layout changes once it is loaded into memory. The tool is built as standalone HTML files, one per supported language, currently English and Czech. There is nothing to install and no internet connection required, since even the fonts needed to display the page are bundled directly inside the file. This makes it well suited for isolated or air-gapped analysis environments, where you can simply drop the HTML file into a browser and start using it. The main feature is an interactive byte and position map: clicking on any structural part of the PE header highlights the matching bytes in a hex view and shows exactly where that piece sits, including its offset, within the overall header hierarchy. The tool also visually shows how the different PE headers connect to and point at one another, which is meant to help a reader understand the relationships between the parts rather than just memorizing a static diagram. The repository itself is organized simply, with a single PE-Format folder holding the English and Czech HTML files. A companion blog post from the author covers the background and reasoning behind the tool in more depth, with a separate Czech-language version of that article as well. The project welcomes contributions, particularly help translating its built-in language file into additional languages, through pull requests or issues. The project is released under the MIT license.
A self-contained HTML tool that lets you click through the exact byte layout of Windows PE executable files, with no install needed.
Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML, JavaScript.
MIT license: use, modify, and share freely, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
double-check against the repo, no cap.