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radare2 vs Ghidra

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radare2radareorg/radare2
GhidraNationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
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Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
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Disassembly
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Decompilation
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Debugging
Partial: Partly
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
AI-assisted analysis
No: No
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
3 of 4 jobs
3 of 4 jobs
All 4
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
25,111
92,167Top
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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
590Top
196
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Latest release
6.2.4 · 2026-10-05Top
Ghidra_12.1.4_build · 2026-09-21
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Commits / 12 wk
1,240
606
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People committing / 12 mo
54+
106+
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
24 / 44
81 / 56
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, command-line tool on your own machine
Confirmed: Yes, desktop application on your own machine; also runs headless
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: Mostly LGPLv3 (version suffix not stated); plugins and dependencies vary, some GPL
Confirmed: Apache-2.0
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No model weights
Confirmed: No model weights
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: Yes under LGPL-3.0 conditions; GPL parts can be left out with --without-gpl
Confirmed: Yes, Apache-2.0
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Paid services needed?
Confirmed: None required
Confirmed: None required
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Unknown: Not documented
Confirmed: 4 GB RAM, 1 GB storage; dual monitors suggested
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Operating systemsDiffers
Confirmed: Windows, Linux, macOS, BSDs, Android, iOS and more
Confirmed: Windows 10 (1809+), Linux, macOS 10.13+; 64-bit only
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Easy with release binaries (.deb, .pkg, Windows zip); source install via sys/install.sh is recommended
Confirmed: Medium; install JDK 25 64-bit, then unzip the release and run ghidraRun
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Stars over time

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  • radare2
  • Ghidra
92,16717,430 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-15radare2, 2025-10-27: 24,225 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-11-03: 24,236 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-11-10: 24,252 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-11-17: 24,264 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-11-24: 24,287 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-12-01: 24,298 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-12-08: 24,312 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-12-15: 24,324 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-12-22: 24,347 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2025-12-29: 24,358 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-01-05: 24,390 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-01-12: 24,409 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-01-19: 24,426 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-01-26: 24,434 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-02-02: 24,446 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-02-09: 24,457 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-02-16: 24,470 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-02-23: 24,480 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-03-02: 24,486 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-03-09: 24,492 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-03-16: 24,503 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-03-23: 24,508 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-03-30: 24,515 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-04-06: 24,528 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-04-13: 24,541 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-04-20: 24,552 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-04-27: 24,560 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-05-04: 24,578 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-05-11: 24,587 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-05-18: 24,592 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-05-25: 24,594 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-06-01: 24,599 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-06-15: 24,601 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-06-22: 24,604 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-08-10: 24,606 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-08-31: 24,654 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-09-07: 24,718 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-09-14: 24,780 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-09-21: 24,836 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-09-28: 24,887 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-10-05: 24,972 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-10-12: 25,078 stars, estimated from public star recordsradare2, 2026-10-15: 25,052 stars, trackedradare2, 2026-10-16: 25,060 stars, trackedradare2, 2026-10-17: 25,062 stars, trackedradare2, 2026-10-18: 25,078 stars, trackedradare2, 2026-10-19: 25,093 stars, trackedradare2, 2026-10-20: 25,103 stars, trackedradare2, 2026-10-21: 25,111 stars, trackedGhidra, 2025-10-27: 69,540 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-11-03: 69,617 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-11-10: 69,687 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-11-17: 69,746 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-11-24: 69,816 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-12-01: 69,903 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-12-08: 69,980 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-12-15: 70,054 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-12-22: 70,146 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2025-12-29: 70,233 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-01-05: 70,346 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-01-12: 70,425 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-01-19: 70,505 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-01-26: 70,579 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-02-02: 70,653 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-02-09: 70,733 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-02-16: 70,901 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-02-23: 70,979 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-03-02: 71,091 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-03-09: 71,150 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-03-16: 71,200 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-03-23: 71,261 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-03-30: 71,332 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-04-06: 71,456 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-04-13: 71,515 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-04-20: 71,556 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-04-27: 71,597 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-05-04: 71,637 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-05-11: 71,667 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-05-18: 71,692 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-05-25: 71,701 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-06-01: 71,715 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-06-08: 71,729 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-06-15: 71,740 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-06-22: 71,752 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-06-29: 71,756 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-07-13: 71,759 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-07-20: 71,761 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-08-03: 71,770 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-08-17: 71,771 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-08-24: 71,781 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-08-31: 72,120 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-09-07: 72,776 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-09-14: 77,540 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-09-21: 78,302 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-09-28: 79,251 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-10-05: 82,573 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-10-12: 91,082 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhidra, 2026-10-15: 88,518 stars, trackedGhidra, 2026-10-16: 89,093 stars, trackedGhidra, 2026-10-17: 89,810 stars, trackedGhidra, 2026-10-18: 90,597 stars, trackedGhidra, 2026-10-19: 91,082 stars, trackedGhidra, 2026-10-20: 91,724 stars, trackedGhidra, 2026-10-21: 92,167 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.

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