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Byron is a source code [fuzzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing) designed to support assembly and high-level languages. It starts by generating a set of random programs, which are then iteratively improved by an [evolutionary algorithm](https://cad-polito-it.github.io/byron/evolution). Internally, it encodes candidate solutions as [typed](https://rcor.me/papers/typed-graph-theory.pdf), [directed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(discrete_mathematics)#Directed_graph) [multigraphs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multigraph), and can effectively handle complex, realistic structures containing local and global variables, conditional and looping statements, and subroutines.
Programs can be evaluated using a user-defined Python function or an external tool, such as an interpreter or a simulator. Different types of parallelization are supported out of the box, from simple multithreading to the creation of temporary directories where multiple subprocesses are concurrently [spawned](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawn_(computing)).
**⚠️ Byron is currently in [alpha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha) and under active development**
## Installation
As simple as
```
pip install --upgrade byron
```
A few dependencies can enhance Byron functionalities, but are not strictly required. You can get them all with
```
pip install --upgrade "byron[full]"
```
## Documentation
None yet, but some HOWTO's and examples [are available](https://github.com/cad-polito-it/byron/tree/alpha/examples) in the development repo.
## Contacts
* Giovanni Squillero — <giovanni.squillero@polito.it>
* Alberto Tonda — <alberto.tonda@inrae.fr>
## License
Copyright (c) 2023-24 [Giovanni Squillero](https://github.com/squillero) and [Alberto Tonda](https://github.com/albertotonda/)
Byron is [free and open-source software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software), and it is distributed under the permissive [Apache License 2.0](https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0/).
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