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      <p class="first">Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers.</p>
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      <h2>Scriptable</h2>
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        Inject your own scripts into black box processes. Hook any function,
        spy on crypto APIs or trace private application code, no source code
        needed. Edit, hit save, and instantly see the results. All without
        compilation steps or program restarts.
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      <h2>Portable</h2>
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        Works on Windows, macOS, <a href="https://www.gnu.org/distros/">GNU/Linux</a>,
        iOS, watchOS, tvOS, Android, FreeBSD, and QNX. Install the Node.js
        bindings from <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/frida">npm</a>,
        grab a Python package from <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/frida">PyPI</a>,
        or use Frida through its
        <a href="https://github.com/frida/frida/releases">Swift bindings</a>,
        <a href="https://github.com/frida/frida/releases">.NET bindings</a>,
        <a href="https://github.com/frida/frida/releases">Qt/Qml bindings</a>,
        <a href="https://github.com/frida/frida/releases">Go bindings</a>, or
        <a href="https://gist.github.com/oleavr/e6af8791adbef8fbde06">C API</a>.
        We also have a scalable <a href="/docs/footprint/">footprint</a>.
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      <h2>Free</h2>
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        Frida is and will always be <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html">free software</a>
        (free as in freedom). We want to empower the next generation of
        developer tools, and help other free software developers achieve
        interoperability through reverse engineering.
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      <h2>Battle-tested</h2>
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        We are proud that <a href="https://www.nowsecure.com/">NowSecure</a> is using
        Frida to do fast, deep analysis of mobile apps
        <a href="https://www.nowsecure.com/solutions/mobile-app-vetting/">at scale</a>.
        Frida has a comprehensive test-suite and has gone through years of
        rigorous testing across a broad range of use-cases.
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      <h4>Get up and running <em>in&nbsp;seconds</em>.</h4>
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      <p class="title">Quick-start Instructions</p>
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          <span class="path">~</span>
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          <span class="command">pip install frida-tools</span>
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          <span class="path">~</span>
          <span class="prompt">$</span>
          <span class="command">frida-trace -i "recv*" Twitter</span>
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          <span class="output">recvfrom: Auto-generated handler: &hellip;/recvfrom.js</span>
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          <span class="output">Started tracing 21 functions.</span>
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          <span class="output">1442 ms&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;recvfrom()</span>
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          <span class="output"># Live-edit recvfrom.js and watch the magic!</span>
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          <span class="output">5374 ms&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;recvfrom(socket=67, buffer=0x252a618, length=65536, flags=0, address=0xb0420bd8, address_len=16)</span>
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