icoextract is an icon extractor for Windows PE files (.exe/.dll), written in Python. It also includes a thumbnailer script (exe-thumbnailer) for Linux desktops.
This project is inspired by extract-icon-py, icoutils, and others.
icoextract aims to be:
- Lightweight
- Portable (cross-platform)
- Fast on large files
You can install the project via pip: pip3 install icoextract
On Linux, you can optionally install the thumbnailer by copying exe-thumbnailer.thumbnailer into /usr/local/share/thumbnailers/
icoextract ships icoextract and icolist scripts to extract and list icon resources in an executable:
usage: icoextract [-h] [-V] [-n NUM] [-v] input output
Windows PE EXE icon extractor.
positional arguments:
input input filename
output output filename
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
-n NUM, --num NUM index of icon to extract
-v, --verbose enables debug logging
usage: icolist [-h] [-V] [-v] input
Lists group icons present in a program.
positional arguments:
input input filename
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
-v, --verbose enables debug logging