.. _intro:

Introduction
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Vivisect is a full-fledged static analysis platform.

Alongside vivisect (but no less important), is Vdb, which is a cross-platform debugger that sits atop much of the same architecture as vivisect.

Features
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- Pure python static and dynamic analysis
- Extendible UI and script
- Powerful API
- Built-in static and symbolic analysis
- Headless processing
- Distributed Analysis via cobra