Ainur

Go package for figuring out which compiler and compiler version was used for compiling an executable file for Linux (in the ELF format).

Utilities that uses Ainur

• cdetect
• elfinfo (webpage) (very similar to cdetect)

Features and limitations

• Supports detection of compiler name and version if an executable was built with one of these compilers:
  • GCC
  • Clang
  • FPC
  • OCaml
  • Go
  • TCC (compiler name only, TCC does not store the version number in the executables)
  • Rust (for stripped executables, only the compiler name and GCC version used for linking)
  • GHC
• Works even with stripped executables.
• Should work for recent versions of all of the above compilers. Executables produced with old versions of the compilers may need more testing.

General info

• Version: 1.3.3
• Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>
• License: BSD-3