Headless Analyzer

The Headless Analyzer is a command-line-based (non-GUI) version of Ghidra that allows users to:

• Create and populate projects
• Perform analysis on imported or existing binaries
• Run non-GUI scripts in a project (scripts may be program-dependent or program-independent)

The Headless Analyzer can be useful when performing repetitive tasks on a project (i.e., importing and analyzing a directory of files or running a script over all binaries).

Headless Analyzer Options

The following options are available for the Headless Analyzer:

analyzeHeadless [<project_location> <project_name>[/<folder_path>]] |
        [ghidra://<server>[:<port>]/<repository_name>[/<folder_path>]]

    [[-import [<directory>|<file>]+] | [-process [<project_file>]]]
    [-preScript <ScriptName> [<arg>]*]
    [-postScript <ScriptName> [<arg>]*]
    [-scriptPath "<path1>[;<path2>...]"]
    [-propertiesPath "<path1>[;<path2>...]"]
    [-scriptlog <path to script log file>]
    [-log <path to log file>]
    [-overwrite]
    [-recursive [<depth>]]
    [-readOnly]
    [-deleteProject]
    [-noanalysis]
    [-processor <languageID>]
    [-cspec <compilerSpecID>]
    [-analysisTimeoutPerFile <timeout in seconds>]
    [-keystore <KeystorePath>]
    [-connect [<userID>]]
    [-p]
    [-commit ["<comment>"]]
    [-max-cpu <max cpu cores to use>]
    [-librarySearchPaths <path1>[;<path2>...]]
    [-loader <desired loader name>]

Accessing the Headless Analyzer

• The shell script that launches the Headless Analyzer can be found in your Ghidra installation's support folder.

ghidra_x.x/support/analyzeHeadless[.bat]

• Execute the analyzeHeadless shell script from the command line with the desired options.

Headless Analyzer Documentation

• The analyzeHeadlessREADME.html file contains details on Headless Analyzer usage and options. It is located in your Ghidra installation's support folder.

ghidra_x.x/support/analyzeHeadlessREADME.html