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pyghidra lite for VS Code

io.github.johnzfitch/pyghidra-lite

Token-efficient Ghidra RE: decompile, xrefs, Swift/ObjC, ELF/Mach-O, async analysis

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install pyghidra lite in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ghidra-install-dir",
      "description": "GHIDRA_INSTALL_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "pyghidra-lite": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pyghidra-lite"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GHIDRA_INSTALL_DIR": "${input:ghidra-install-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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