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Rebuild the UI to use web technologies for easier embedding #16

Open cblichmann opened 1 year ago

cblichmann commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The Java UI is dated and requires a proprietary graph visualization libray
BinDiff native plugins for IDA Pro and binary Ninja cannot embedd a high-quality graph view
The current workflow with the standalone UI is cumbersome and few people actually use "BinDiff Workspaces".

Describe the solution you'd like

Implement a UI using Typescript and web technologies. D3.js with the DAG layouter should be able to support the flow graph use cases and render to Canvas.
Have the bindiff executable launch a server for this and either embed a web view in the disassemblers or show the browser.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Gephi
Extracting the graphing library from Ghidra
Implementing a new desktop UI in Qt

Additional context This should eventually become a "GitHub Project".