abi-dumper ☆

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Description:
Dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: abi dwarf debugging binary-compatibility c-plus-plus

Install: brew install abi-dumper

About:
abi-dumper is a command-line tool that extracts Application Binary Interface (ABI) information from ELF objects compiled with GCC and containing DWARF debug data. It generates a comprehensive ABI dump in a machine-readable format, capturing function signatures, data structures, and symbol information. This output serves as a foundational artifact for ABI compliance and versioning analysis using the companion tool, abi-compliance-checker.

Key Features:

Extracts ABI from ELF binaries with DWARF debug info
Identifies changes in C/C++ interfaces across versions
Generates machine-readable ABI dumps for automated analysis
Integrates with abi-compliance-checker for detailed reports

Use Cases:

Verifying ABI stability before releasing a new version of a shared library
Automated regression testing for binary compatibility in CI/CD pipelines
Auditing public APIs of third-party libraries

Alternatives:

libabigail – A more comprehensive suite that can also work with stripped binaries and provides its own XML format and tools like abidiff.
readelf – A standard binutils tool that provides low-level ELF section inspection but does not generate structured ABI diffs.

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later

Dependencies: abi-compliance-checker, elfutils, universal-ctags, vtable-dumper

Bottles available for: arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 2, 2023 2:27am		0	VERSION_BUMP	ee9110ce