kindle-tool

rust & binrw-based parser for kindle firmware updates

usage

kindle inspect <INPUT_FILE>

display the metadata of a firmware file [aliases: info]

arguments:

• <INPUT_FILE>: kindle firmware (.bin) file to inspect

kindle dump <INPUT_FILE> [OUTPUT_FILE]

extract the deobfuscated tar.gz payload from a firmware file [aliases: convert]

arguments:

• <INPUT_FILE>: kindle firmware (.bin) file to process
• [OUTPUT_FILE]: output file for the .tar.gz payload (default: stdout)

kindle dm [INPUT_FILE] [OUTPUT_FILE]

deobfuscate a data stream

arguments:

• [INPUT_FILE]: input file to deobfuscate (default: stdin)
• [OUTPUT_FILE]: file to write deobfuscated data to (default: stdout)

kindle md [INPUT_FILE] [OUTPUT_FILE]

obfuscate a data stream

arguments:

• [INPUT_FILE]: input file to obfuscate (default: stdin)
• [OUTPUT_FILE]: file to write obfuscated data to (default: stdout)

build

kindle-tool uses cargo for dependencies and builds: cargo build --release

credits

• 2012–2025 NiLuJe/KindleTool: updated KindleTool by NiLuJe
• 2011–2012 yifanlu/KindleTool: original KindleTool by Yifan Lu
• 2009-2011 kindle_update_tool.py: by Igor Skochinsky & Jean-Yves Avenard