Object Formats

ELF, Mach-O, PE/COFF, Wasm module, APE / Cosmopolitan polyglot binary.

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ELF (Executable and Linkable Format)

The universal Unix object/executable format: Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Haiku, embedded.
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Mach-O

The Apple object/executable format: macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS.
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PE/COFF

The Windows executable and object format.
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WebAssembly Module Binary Format

The .wasm container, plus the component model binary and WAT text format.
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APE (Actually Portable Executable) and Cosmopolitan Libc

A single binary that is simultaneously a valid ELF, Mach-O, PE, and BSD a.out.
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