How to pronounce Ghidra

Ghidra is most commonly pronounced "ghee druh" (/ˈɡiːdrə/). This pronunciation is documented by the project itself (see NSA Ghidra FAQ — "Gee-druh. The G sounds like the G in goto, great, good, graph, and GitHub. The emphasis goes on the first syllable.").

Ghidra is the NSA's open-source software reverse-engineering framework, widely used for binary analysis and now a common target for AI agent MCP servers. The 'gh' spelling tempts readers into a soft-G 'JEE-dra', but the official FAQ specifies a hard G as in GitHub with stress on the first syllable: GEE-druh. Wikipedia gives the same IPA, and the question was settled in the project's own GitHub issue #61.

Source: NSA Ghidra FAQ — "Gee-druh. The G sounds like the G in goto, great, good, graph, and GitHub. The emphasis goes on the first syllable."

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