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Cutter vs REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)

Side by side, as alternatives to IDA Pro. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces IDA Pro: + Ghidra+ radare2

Cutterrizinorg/cutter
REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)morluto/rea
IDA Propaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
IDA Free available; IDA Home from $365/year; IDA Pro Essential from €1,099/year, Expert from €4,999/year, Ultimate from €8,599/year (annual billing only) source ↗
Disassembly
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Decompilation
Partial: Partly
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Debugging
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
AI-assisted analysis
No: No
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
2 of 4 jobs
1 of 4 jobs
All 4
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
20,067
348,336Top
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
0
2,818Top
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Latest release
v2.5.0 · 2026-06-30
rea-agents-6.7.0 · 2026-10-18Top
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Commits / 12 wk
4
2,834
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People committing / 12 mo
17+
100+
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
4 / 1
1518 / 932
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, desktop application
Confirmed: Yes, analysis runs locally; your agent's model provider sees the tool results
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: GPL-3.0 (copyleft)
Confirmed: MIT (third-party material keeps its own licences)
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No model weights
Confirmed: No model weights
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: Yes, under GPL-3.0 copyleft conditions
Confirmed: Yes, MIT; commercial providers (IDA, Hopper, JEB) need their own licences, and targets' terms still apply
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Paid services needed?Differs
Confirmed: None required
Partial: REA is free; it needs an MCP-capable agent (model costs depend on it); IDA, Hopper and JEB are optional paid providers, Ghidra is free
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Unknown: Not documented
Unknown: Not documented beyond Node.js 22.19+ and the chosen provider's requirements
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Operating systemsDiffers
Confirmed: Windows, macOS (x86_64 and arm64), Linux AppImage
Confirmed: macOS and Linux; Windows documented but Windows Ghidra support is experimental
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Easy; release binaries, Homebrew cask, Chocolatey or Scoop
Confirmed: Easy; npx rea-agents setup registers the MCP server with your agent; native analysis needs a provider installed
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Stars over time

Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.

  • Cutter
  • REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)
348,3360 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-15Cutter, 2025-10-27: 19,246 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-11-03: 19,263 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-11-10: 19,275 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-11-17: 19,283 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-11-24: 19,289 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-12-01: 19,301 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-12-08: 19,314 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-12-15: 19,339 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-12-22: 19,362 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2025-12-29: 19,375 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-01-05: 19,384 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-01-12: 19,394 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-01-19: 19,410 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-01-26: 19,418 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-02-02: 19,431 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-02-09: 19,438 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-02-16: 19,451 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-02-23: 19,458 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-03-02: 19,468 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-03-09: 19,475 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-03-16: 19,488 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-03-23: 19,493 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-03-30: 19,501 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-04-06: 19,509 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-04-13: 19,516 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-04-20: 19,519 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-04-27: 19,520 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-05-04: 19,530 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-05-11: 19,547 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-05-18: 19,552 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-05-25: 19,554 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-06-08: 19,555 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-06-15: 19,556 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-06-22: 19,567 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-06-29: 19,570 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-08-31: 19,609 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-09-07: 19,653 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-09-14: 19,705 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-09-21: 19,787 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-09-28: 19,837 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-10-05: 19,973 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-10-12: 20,055 stars, estimated from public star recordsCutter, 2026-10-15: 20,027 stars, trackedCutter, 2026-10-16: 20,032 stars, trackedCutter, 2026-10-17: 20,042 stars, trackedCutter, 2026-10-18: 20,048 stars, trackedCutter, 2026-10-19: 20,055 stars, trackedCutter, 2026-10-20: 20,062 stars, trackedCutter, 2026-10-21: 20,067 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-08-10: 1 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-08-31: 7 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-09-07: 12 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-09-14: 22 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-09-21: 27 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-09-28: 1,493 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-05: 99,948 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-12: 311,252 stars, estimated from public star recordsREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-15: 266,148 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-16: 278,732 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-17: 295,655 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-18: 316,775 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-19: 326,181 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-20: 339,496 stars, trackedREA (Reverse Engineer Anything), 2026-10-21: 348,336 stars, tracked
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Tracked daily since 15 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

Growth % starts at each project's first observed point in the shown range. Zero-star starts are unavailable.

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