Hobbits
A multi-platform GUI for bit-based analysis, processing, and visualization
Install / Use
/learn @Mahlet-Inc/HobbitsREADME
About
Hobbits was developed at Mahlet in 2019 as an integrated data analysis tool. It was open-sourced and is now (passively) maintained by Adam and anyone who wants to contribute. Join the Discord server if you want to ask questions, contribute, or just chat about binary analysis tools.
Documentation
The documentation is available at mahlet-inc.github.io.
Pre-built binaries
There are pre-built binaries of the latest release on the GitHub releases page.
Using Hobbits
Read the user guide in the documentation and/or watch this walkthrough video
Building from source
- Install the required build tools and development libraries.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS example:
sudo apt-get install -y patchelf libusb-1.0-0-dev libpcap-dev qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools python3-dev ninja-build cmake g++
- Build with CMake
cmake -G Ninja -B build .
cmake --build build
If building using the bundled pffft, ensure you clone or checkout with the
--recurse-submodules flag.
Adding plugins
Read the plugin developer guide in the documentation.

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