<s>
Ghidra	B-Language
(	O
pronounced	O
gee-druh	O
;	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
reverse	O
engineering	O
tool	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Security	O
Agency	O
(	O
NSA	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
binaries	O
were	O
released	O
at	O
RSA	O
Conference	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
;	O
the	O
sources	O
were	O
published	O
one	O
month	O
later	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghidra	B-Language
is	O
seen	O
by	O
many	O
security	O
researchers	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
IDA	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
using	O
the	O
Swing	B-Language
framework	I-Language
for	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decompiler	B-Application
component	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
usable	O
in	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripts	O
to	O
perform	O
automated	O
analysis	O
with	O
Ghidra	B-Language
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
or	O
Python	B-Language
(	O
via	O
Jython	B-Language
)	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
feature	O
is	O
extensible	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
is	O
available	O
via	O
community	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
Ghidra	B-Language
itself	O
can	O
be	O
developed	O
using	O
a	O
Java-based	O
extension	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghidra	B-Language
's	O
existence	O
was	O
originally	O
revealed	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
via	O
WikiLeaks	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
software	O
itself	O
remained	O
unavailable	O
until	O
its	O
declassification	O
and	O
official	O
release	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
Coreboot	B-Device
began	O
to	O
use	O
Ghidra	B-Language
for	O
its	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
efforts	O
on	O
firmware-specific	B-Application
problems	O
following	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
release	I-License
of	O
the	O
Ghidra	B-Language
software	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghidra	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
officially	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
debugger	B-Application
since	O
Ghidra	B-Language
10.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ghidra	B-Language
's	O
debugger	B-Application
supports	O
debugging	O
user-mode	O
Windows	O
programs	O
via	O
WinDbg	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	O
programs	O
via	O
GDB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
