REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) vs IDA Pro
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.
REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)morluto/rea
IDA Propaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$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
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Decompilation
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Debugging
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
AI-assisted analysis
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
1 of 4 jobs
All 4
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
348,336
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Gain this week
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
2,818
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Latest release
rea-agents-6.7.0 · 2026-10-18
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Commits / 12 wk
2,834
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People committing / 12 mo
100+
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
1518 / 932
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?
Confirmed: Yes, analysis runs locally; your agent's model provider sees the tool results
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Confirmed: MIT (third-party material keeps its own licences)
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No model weights
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Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes, MIT; commercial providers (IDA, Hopper, JEB) need their own licences, and targets' terms still apply
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Paid services needed?
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
Hardware
Unknown: Not documented beyond Node.js 22.19+ and the chosen provider's requirements
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Operating systems
Confirmed: macOS and Linux; Windows documented but Windows Ghidra support is experimental
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Setup effort
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
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- REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)
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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