CuePull - free BIN/CUE extractor for Windows

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Free CD image extraction. No mounting, installer, admin access, accounts, ads, telemetry, or update nags. Windows builds include Python and need no Python installation. Your original image is opened read-only.

how to extract bin/cue

1. Download CuePull-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip from the release page.
2. Unzip it and keep the whole CuePull folder together.
3. Drag your BIN or CUE onto CuePull.exe in Explorer.

Extraction starts immediately in a folder named after the image, next to it:

Downloads/
  example.bin
  example.cue          # optional
  example/            # extracted files go here

If example exists, CuePull creates example (2), then example (3), etc. Existing files and originals are preserved. The result window stays open. Click Open folder to see the files. Click Cancel to stop; partial files remain in that output folder with an incomplete manifest.

Missing CUE? Drop the BIN anyway. CuePull recovers a confidently identifiable ISO data volume automatically. Unknown/audio-only images and ambiguous volumes receive a useful error. Dropping a matching BIN+CUE pair makes one extraction. Spaces and Unicode in image paths are supported.

You can also double-click CuePull.exe, drop an image into its window or click Browse, adjust the output folder if desired, then click Extract. In-window drops select the image; they do not start extraction on their own.

This release targets Windows 10/11 x64. It is unsigned, so Windows may show an unknown-publisher or SmartScreen warning. Verify the official release and SHA256SUMS.txt, and follow your security policy. CuePull does not bypass warnings or change Windows security settings.

CuePull in action

These are actual screenshots of the CI-built Windows app using an original synthetic demo disc. No commercial disc content or user paths are shown.

Choose or drop an image in the window, then click Extract:

Dropping a BIN onto the EXE starts extraction automatically:

The result stays visible, with an Open folder button:

Extract BIN without CUE

Drop the BIN onto CuePull.exe. No replacement cue sheet is needed for a single confidently identifiable ISO 9660/Joliet volume in a supported sector layout. CuePull checks sector headers, descriptors, bounds, and directory structure. Unknown/audio-only images fail clearly; several valid volumes require an explicit choice through the CLI. Missing CUE recovery cannot reconstruct original audio boundaries, pregaps, or session information.

FAQ

Why might 7-Zip fail on a BIN file? The .bin extension is used for many formats. Raw CD images may contain 2352-byte sectors and audio tracks rather than a plain ISO byte stream. Recognition depends on the actual format, not the extension; some BIN files can be opened by archivers. CuePull handles the supported CD sector layouts before reading their ISO 9660/Joliet files.

Do I need to mount or burn the image? No. CuePull reads the image directly.

Are audio tracks extracted? Audio is currently skipped. CUE track details are recorded in the manifest; without a CUE, audio boundaries are unknown.

Is it free? Yes. Original CuePull code is MIT licensed. The bundled parser and runtime retain their own open-source licenses. No trial, account, or ads.

Source and other platforms

The source CLI runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS with Python 3.10+. The optional source GUI uses Tkinter; native drag/drop and packaged EXEs are currently Windows-only. Native macOS/Linux application bundles are not provided.

Download the source ZIP, then:

python run.py gui
python desktop.py /path/to/example.bin     # automatic sibling-folder extraction
python run.py inspect /path/to/example.cue
python run.py list /path/to/example.cue
python run.py extract /path/to/example.cue /path/to/new-folder
python run.py verify /path/to/example.cue /path/to/extracted-folder

Source checkouts install the pinned parser with python -m pip install --only-binary=:all: --require-hashes -r requirements.txt. The ready source ZIP already includes its unmodified source.

Formats and safety

CuePull supports ISO 9660/Joliet files in MODE1/2048, MODE1/2352, and MODE2 Form 1 (2352/2336) sectors. It streams file contents and shows progress. Audio tracks are skipped, with their CUE information recorded in the manifest.

Output paths, symlinks/reparse points, unsafe CUE references, and Windows name collisions are checked. Source names are preserved in a manifest when output names are normalized. Existing destinations are never merged or overwritten. Unsupported formats fail clearly. See formats, recovery, verification and source instructions for the full supported/unsupported list.

Building and testing

GitHub Actions tests the portable source on Windows/Linux/macOS with Python 3.10/3.12. A separate Windows build uses hash-pinned PyInstaller and dependencies to produce the portable EXEs. It tests native file-drop messages, automatic launch arguments, raw BIN/CUE extraction, progress, cancellation, errors, safe suffixes, and file content with external Python paths removed. Actual window screenshots use generated synthetic fixtures, never a user's disc or desktop.

To reproduce on Windows x64 with Python 3.12:

python -m pip install --only-binary=:all: --require-hashes -r requirements.txt -r build-requirements.txt
python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
python tools/build_windows.py
python tools/test_windows_bundle.py dist/CuePull build/frozen-test

The portable folder keeps the runtime beside the EXEs for predictable startup, without extracting it into a temporary folder on each launch. Optional CuePull-cli.exe provides the same inspect/list/extract/verify commands.

CuePull's original code is MIT licensed. PyCdlib remains LGPL 2.1 and is bundled as replaceable, unmodified source in dependencies/pycdlib. Project source/build instructions and all runtime notices accompany the EXEs. See LICENSE and third-party notices.