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- [Berkeley DB database based wallets](#berkeley-db-database-based-wallets)
-- [Notes](#notes)
+- [Installed Files](#installed-files)
## Data directory location
@@ -123,8 +123,40 @@ Subdirectory | File(s) | Description
`./` | `wallet.dat` | Personal wallet (a BDB database) with keys and transactions
`./` | `.walletlock` | BDB wallet lock file
-## Notes
+### Notes
1. The `/` (slash, U+002F) is used as the platform-independent path component separator in this document.
2. `NNNNN` matches `[0-9]{5}` regex.
+
+## Installed Files
+
+This table describes the files installed by Bitcoin Core across different platforms.
+
+| **Path** | **Description** |
+|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| [README.md](README.md) or [readme.txt](README_windows.txt) | Project information and instructions |
+| bitcoin.conf | [Generated](../contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh) configuration file |
+| bin/bitcoin | Command-line tool for interacting with Bitcoin. Calls other binaries below. |
+| bin/bitcoin-cli | Tool for making node and wallet RPC calls. |
+| bin/bitcoin-qt | Bitcoin node and wallet GUI |
+| bin/bitcoin-tx | Tool for creating and modifying transactions |
+| bin/bitcoin-util | Miscellaneous utilities |
+| bin/bitcoin-wallet | Bitcoin wallet tool |
+| bin/bitcoind | Bitcoin node and wallet daemon |
+| *lib/libbitcoinkernel.so* | Shared library containing core consensus and validation code |
+| *lib/pkgconfig/libbitcoinkernel.pc* | Pkg-config metadata for linking to `libbitcoinkernel` |
+| *libexec/bench_bitcoin* | Benchmarking tool for measuring node performance |
+| *libexec/bitcoin-chainstate* | Tool to validate and connect blocks |
+| *libexec/bitcoin-gui* | IPC-enabled alternative to `bitcoin-qt` |
+| *libexec/bitcoin-node* | IPC-enabled alternative to `bitcoind` |
+| libexec/test_bitcoin | Unit test binary |
+| *libexec/test_bitcoin-qt* | GUI-specific unit tests |
+| share/man/man1/ | Man pages for command-line tools like `bitcoin-cli`, `bitcoind`, and others |
+| share/rpcauth/ | Documentation and scripts for RPC authentication setup |
+
+### Notes
+
+- *Italicized* files are only installed in source builds if relevant CMake options are enabled. They are not included in binary releases.
+- README and bitcoin.conf files are included in binary releases but not installed in source builds.
+- On Windows, binaries have a `.exe` suffix (e.g., `bitcoin-cli.exe`).