---
id: 1829
title: "High-fidelity build instrumentation with blight"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2020/11/25/high-fidelity-build-instrumentation-with-blight/"
published_at: "2020-11-25T14:38:10Z"
tags: ["open-source", "python", "c", "instrumentation", "static-analysis", "cpp", "compilers", "build-tools"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1829"
lang: en
---

# High-fidelity build instrumentation with blight

## Summary

Trail of Bits open-sourced blight, a Python framework that wraps and instruments C/C++ build tools, enabling caching, static analysis, profiling, and build assurance without fragile compiler hacks.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2020-11-25T14:38:10Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2020/11/25/high-fidelity-build-instrumentation-with-blight/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1829