deREferencing v2026.09.03
IDA Pro plugin that implements more user-friendly register and stack views
deREferencing
deReferencing is an IDA Pro plugin that implements new registers and stack views. Adds dereferenced pointers, colors and other useful information, similar to some GDB plugins (e.g: PEDA, GEF, pwndbg, etc).
Supports following architectures: x86, x86-64, ARM, ARM64, MIPS32 and MIPS64
Requirements
- IDA-Pro >= 7.1
Install
Install with hcli:
hcli plugin install dereferencing
Alternatively, install manually by dropping the dereferencing.py file and the dereferencing folder into IDA's plugin directory.
For a user-local manual installation, copy the files into the appropriate plugin directory:
| OS | Plugin path |
|---|---|
| Linux/macOS | ~/.idapro/plugins |
| Windows | %AppData%\Hex-Rays\IDA Pro\plugins |
Usage
Both views can be opened from the menu Debugger -> Debugger Windows or by shortcuts:
- deREferencing - Registers (
Alt-Shift-D) - deREferencing - Stack (
Alt-Shift-E)
You also can save the desktop layout using the Windows -> Save desktop option, so that the plugin starts automatically in other debugging sessions.
Configuration
Config options can be modified vía deferencing/config.py file.
Snapshots
Registers view
Stack view
Thanks
Special mention to my colleague @roman_soft for give me some ideas during the development of the plugin.
Bugs / Feedback / PRs
Any comment, issue or pull request will be highly appreciated :-)
Author
- Daniel García Gutiérrez - @danigargu