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PEViewer - PE/ELF File Viewer & Analyzer

A professional VS Code extension for viewing and analyzing Windows PE (Portable Executable) and Linux ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) file structures. Features advanced capabilities including import/export symbol parsing, resource viewing, and automatic function name demangling.

Features

Core Capabilities

• 📁 Structured View: Display PE/ELF file components in an intuitive tree structure
• 🔍 Detailed Information: View headers, section tables, symbol tables, and more
• 📊 Multi-format Display: Show decimal, hexadecimal, and binary formats simultaneously
• 💻 VS Code Integration: Perfectly integrated with VS Code themes and interface
• 🌐 Multi-language Support: Available in English and Chinese

Windows PE File Support

• 🚀 Dumpbin Integration: Automatically uses Visual Studio's dumpbin tool on Windows for more accurate parsing
• 📊 Smart Fallback: Automatically uses built-in parser when dumpbin is unavailable, ensuring cross-platform compatibility
• 📦 Import/Export Tables: View DLL import functions and export function lists
• 🎨 Resource Viewer: View icons, bitmaps, string tables, version info, and more
• 🔧 Function Name Decoding: Automatically decode MSVC/Itanium/Rust symbol names
• 🔎 Search Functionality: Quickly search through imports and exports
• 📄 Pagination: Browse large function lists with pagination support

Linux ELF File Support

• 🐧 Complete Parsing: Full support for Linux .so shared object files
• 📊 Architecture Support: x86, x86-64, ARM, AArch64, RISC-V, and more
• 📜 Symbol Tables: Export symbols with address, size, type, and binding info
• 🔗 Dependencies: Smart parsing of imported symbols and library dependencies
• 🛠️ Multi-system: Supports HarmonyOS, Android, Linux compiled SO libraries

Use Cases

• 🔍 Reverse Engineering: Analyze binary file structures and understand program behavior
• 🐛 Troubleshooting: Check DLL/SO dependencies and resolve loading issues
• 🔧 Development: View exported symbols after compilation and verify build results
• 📚 Learning: Study PE/ELF file formats and understand operating system principles
• ⚙️ Cross-platform: Check architecture and symbol compatibility of cross-platform libraries

Usage

1. Install this extension
2. Open a PE file (like .exe or .dll) in VS Code
3. Right-click the file and select "Open With" > "code"
4. Click on various nodes in the left tree view to see detailed information

Supported File Types

• .exe - Executable files
• .dll - Dynamic Link Libraries
• .ocx - ActiveX Controls
• .sys - System drivers
• .scr - Screen savers
• .drv - Driver programs
• .cpl - Control Panel programs

Installation

Install from VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X to open Extensions view
3. Search for "PE/ELF Viewer" or "PEViewer"
4. Click Install button

Install from VSIX File

1. Download the .vsix file
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open Command Palette in VS Code
3. Type "Extensions: Install from VSIX..."
4. Select the downloaded .vsix file

Version History

2.0.0 (2025-12-17)

Major Updates

• 🚀 Dumpbin Integration: Prioritizes Visual Studio's dumpbin tool on Windows for more accurate PE file parsing
• 🔄 Smart Fallback: Automatic detection and fallback to built-in parser, ensuring cross-platform compatibility
• 📁 Project Restructuring: Modular architecture with separate PE/ELF/LIB parser management
• 🔍 COFF/LIB Enhancements: Symbol search, export symbol display, and parsing fixes

1.2.0 (2025-12-16)

New Features

• 📦 LIB/COFF File Support: Complete .lib static library file parsing
• 🔍 ELF Dependency Info: Display associated dependency library for each imported function
• 📋 ELF Header Optimization: Complete display of file header, program header, and section header structures

1.0.251206 (2024-12-06)

• ✨ Basic PE file structure viewer
• 📁 Tree view for file navigation
• 🔍 Detailed information panels
• 📊 Import/Export table parsing
• 🎨 Resource section viewer
• 💻 VS Code theme integration

For detailed changes, see CHANGELOG.md.

Multi-language Support

Supports Chinese and English interfaces, automatically adapts to VS Code language settings.

Development

npm install
npm run compile

npm run format

License

MIT