ELF tree

Show library dependency of an ELF binary in a tree form. It supports folding and expanding subtree and shows related information.

Usage

$ elftree
Usage: elftree [<options>] <executable>

$ elftree -h
Usage of elftree:
  -p	Show library path
  -stdio
	Show it on standard IO
  -tui
	Show it with TUI (default true)
  -v	Show binary info

$ elftree -stdio `which firefox`
firefox
   libpthread.so.0
      libc.so.6
         ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
      ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   libdl.so.2
      libc.so.6
      ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
   libstdc++.so.6
      libm.so.6
         libc.so.6
         ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
      libc.so.6
      ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
      libgcc_s.so.1
         libc.so.6
   libm.so.6
   libgcc_s.so.1
   libc.so.6
   ld-linux-x86-64.so.2

TUI keys

• f: file header view
• s: section header view
• d: dynamic info view
• y: symbol view
• ENTER: toggle folding
• TAB: switch window
• q: quit

How to install

If you have golang environment setup:

$ go get github.com/namhyung/elftree

Or, just download the binary:

$ wget https://github.com/namhyung/elftree/releases/download/v0.1/elftree-linux-amd64
$ sudo install -D elftree-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/elftree