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title: "REA: Reverse Engineer Anything — The 260,000-Star Tool That Lets AI Take Apart Software"
url: "https://reamcp.dev/en/cases/rea-reverse-engineer-anything-the-260-000-star-tool-that-let-c228a1"
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author: "1AI Fanatic"
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category: "Tools & integrations"
categories: ["tools-integrations"]
tags: ["frida", "ghidra", "ida", "interoperability", "jadx", "mcp"]
added: "2026-10-16T02:16:24.244Z"
updated: "2026-10-15T21:13:43.000Z"
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# REA: Reverse Engineer Anything — The 260,000-Star Tool That Lets AI Take Apart Software

A video walkthrough of REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), the MIT-licensed open-source MCP server that connects AI coding agents to reverse-engineering tools such as Ghidra, IDA, Hopper, JADX and Frida, plus built-in analysis for JS/Electron, .NET, firmware, WASM, APKs and more. It explains the problem REA solves, how it works, three real investigations and fifteen real-world uses, and points to github.com/morluto/rea and rea.tools with the npx rea-agents setup command.

## Description

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is an open-source MCP server that plugs AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI) into real reverse-engineering instruments: Hopper, Ghidra, IDA, JADX, Frida, plus built-in analysis for JS/Electron, .NET, websites, network captures, firmware, EVM bytecode, WASM, SQLite and Android APKs. The video covers the problem it addresses, what REA is, how it works, three real investigations (DX-Ball, Notion, TH04) and fifteen real-world uses, ending with the npx rea-agents setup command. MIT licensed; analysis runs locally. Sources: https://github.com/morluto/rea, https://rea.tools

## Original README

REA: Reverse Engineer Anything — The 260,000-Star Tool That Lets AI Take Apart Software

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is one of the most starred developer tools of the year — an open-source MCP server that plugs AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI) into real reverse-engineering instruments: Hopper, Ghidra, IDA, JADX, Frida, plus built-in analysis for JS/Electron, .NET, websites, network captures, firmware, EVM bytecode, WASM, SQLite, Android APKs. Chapters: 0:00 welcome, 0:45 the problem, 1:43 what REA is, 3:03 how it works, 4:05 three real investigations (DX-Ball, Notion, TH04), 5:11 fifteen real-world uses, 6:58 solution architects lens, 8:14 try it yourself (npx rea-agents setup), 8:50 use it responsibly. MIT licensed; analysis runs locally. Sources: https://github.com/morluto/rea, https://rea.tools

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