New version

A rewrite/fork of this with more features that's better maintained is available at https://zznop.github.io/bnida/

We're still leaving this plugin around and will accept PRs but expect that most future development on this feature will occur on that plugin.

Additionally, for a plugin that supports fewer types of data synchronized but can do it live, you may also be interested in revsync

Binary Ninja Importer

Utility for transfering analysis information between Binary Ninja and IDA pro. This utility has four parts:

1. An IDA plugin that exports analysis data to a json file
2. A Binary Ninja plugin/script that imports the analysis data that has been exported from IDA
3. A Binary Ninja plugin/script that exports analysis data to a json file
4. An IDA plugin that imports analysis data that has been exported from Binary Ninja

Usage

Install the binja_import.py and binja_export.py scripts into your Binary Ninja user directory. https://docs.binary.ninja/getting-started/index.html#user-folder

IDA->Binary Ninja

1. Open your IDA database
2. Click File->Script File and select the ida_export.py
3. Input the filename of the file you want to write the exported data to
4. Click Ok. Analysis data will be written to the json file.
5. Open your BN database for the same binary
6. Click tools->Import data to BN
7. Enter the file path to the json file
8. Click ok. Your database will then be updated with the analysis data from IDA.

Supported Analysis data

1. Function start address line comment, function comment no-return status
2. Strings string objects (start, length, type) string cross-references

Unsupported Analysis data

1. Segments
2. Global non-string data
3. Local variable names and types
4. Standard types and enumerations
5. Non-function comments (currently unsupported by Binary Ninja)

Binary Ninja->IDA

1. Open your Binary Ninja database
2. Click tools->Export data from BN
3. Enter the filename of the file you want to write the exported data to
4. Click Ok. Analysis data will be written to the json file
5. Open your IDA database for the same binary
6. Click File->Script File and select the ida_import.py
7. Select the json file
8. Click ok. Your database will then be updated with the analysis data from BN.

Analysis data for IDA to Binary Ninja is currently limited to comments and symbol names.

Notes

Currently this tool does NOT do any deconfliction. Thus if you have data you don't wish to import you must edit the intermediate json file directly. Future revisions of the tool we hope will have interactive deconfliction and allow for regular expression based inclusion/exclusion.