REA (Reverse Engineer Anything, MIT) wraps Hopper, Ghidra and IDA Pro into an MCP server and CLI for coding agents: 41 native inspection tools and 14 investigation workflows across Mach-O/ELF/PE, .NET, Electron, websites and Android APKs, all running locally. Version 4.1.0 (Oct 6) adds headless-JADX APK analysis and Binwalk/Unblob firmware analysis. The repo has 12,962 stars and 1,375 forks.

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  • ✓morluto/rea: 12,962 stars, 1,375 forks, MIT licence as of 2026-10-08
  • ✓Tool catalog: 41 native inspection tools, 14 investigation workflows, 11 browser-observation, 21 workspace/observation, 7 .NET, 5 APK tools
  • ✓4.1.0 (Oct 6) adds headless-JADX APK analysis, Binwalk/Unblob firmware, read-only IDA MCP providers, experimental Windows x64 Ghidra
  • ✓Works with 12 agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Devin, OpenCode, Antigravity, Copilot CLI and more) via npx rea-agents setup
  • ✓rea-agents npm: 1,291 downloads in the week of Sep 28–Oct 4; no official benchmark, but the DX-Ball showcase passes 3,205 original-x86 test cases
REA goes viral: one MCP server lets Claude Code, Codex and Cursor reverse-engineer binaries, APKs and Electron apps (~13k GitHub stars)
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REA (Reverse Engineer Anything, morluto/rea, MIT, 12,962 stars) gives coding agents an MCP server and CLI for inspecting software without source code: native binaries (Mach-O, ELF, PE), .NET assemblies, JavaScript/Electron apps, websites, and now Android APKs and firmware. It does not ship its own decompiler; Hopper, Ghidra or IDA Pro act as pluggable deep-analysis providers behind intent-level tools (41 native inspection tools, 14 investigation workflows, 11 browser-observation tools, 21 workspace/evidence tools). Results carry evidence, confidence and limitations, and analysis stays local. Version 4.1.0 (Oct 6) adds headless-JADX APK analysis, Binwalk/Unblob firmware analysis, read-only IDA MCP providers and experimental Windows x64 Ghidra. There is no standardized benchmark; the DX-Ball showcase rebuilds a Windows game into C, with one module passing 3,205 original-x86 cases. Setup is npx rea-agents setup (Node 22.19+, macOS 12+ or recent Linux) and it registers with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Devin, OpenCode, Antigravity, Copilot CLI and others. Use it only on software you are allowed to analyze.

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