Macholib - Analyze and edit Mach-O headers

macholib can be used to analyze and edit Mach-O headers, the executable format used by Mac OS X.

It’s typically used as a dependency analysis tool, and also to rewrite dylib references in Mach-O headers to be @executable_path relative.

Though this tool targets a platform specific file format, it is pure python code that is platform and endian independent.

General documentation

• Release history
• License
• Command-line tools

Reference Guide

• macholib.MachO — Utilities for reading and writing Mach-O headers
• macholib.MachoGraph — Graph data structure of Mach-O dependencies
• macholib.MachOStandalone — Create standalone application bundles
• macholib.SymbolTable — Class to read the symbol table from a Mach-O header
• macholib.dyld — Dyld emulation
• macholib.dylib — Generic dylib path manipulation
• macholib.framework — Generic framework path manipulation
• macholib.mach_o — Low-level definitions
• macholib.ptypes — Packable types

Online Resources

• Sourcecode repository on bitbucket
• The issue tracker
• Mac OS X ABI Mach-O File Format Reference at Apple

Contributors

Macholib was written by Bob Ippolito and is currently maintained by Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com>.

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page