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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# garble\n\n\tgo install mvdan.cc/garble@latest # or @master\n\nObfuscate Go code by wrapping the Go toolchain. Requires Go 1.26 or later.\n\n\tgarble build [build flags] [packages]\n\nThe tool also supports `garble test` to run tests with obfuscated code,\n`garble run` to obfuscate and execute simple programs,\n`garble reverse` to de-obfuscate text such as stack traces,\nand `garble bug` to file a pre-filled bug report.\nRun `garble -h` to see all available commands and flags.\n\n### Purpose\n\nProduce a binary that works as well as a regular build, but that has as little\ninformation about the original source code as possible.\n\nThe tool is designed to be:\n\n* Coupled with `cmd/go`, to support modules and build caching\n* Deterministic and reproducible, given the same initial source code\n* Reversible given the original source, to de-obfuscate panic stack traces\n\n### Mechanism\n\nThe tool wraps calls to the Go compiler and linker to transform the Go build, in\norder to:\n\n* Replace identifiers and package paths with short base64 hashes\n* Replace position information with short base64 hashed filenames\n* Remove all [build](https://go.dev/pkg/runtime/#Version), [module](https://go.dev/pkg/runtime/debug/#ReadBuildInfo), and debug information\n* [Obfuscate literals](#literal-obfuscation), if the `-literals` flag is given\n* Remove [extra information](#tiny-mode), if the `-tiny` flag is given\n\nBy default, the tool obfuscates all the packages being built.\nYou can manually specify which packages to obfuscate via `GOGARBLE`,\na comma-separated list of glob patterns matching package path prefixes.\nThis format is borrowed from `GOPRIVATE`; see `go help private`.\n\nNote that commands like `garble build` will use the `go` version found in your\n`$PATH`. To use different versions of Go, you can [use `GOTOOLCHAIN`](https://go.dev/doc/toolchain).\n\n### Use cases\n\nA common question is why a code obfuscator is needed for Go, a compiled language.\nGo binaries include a surprising amount of information about the orig",
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