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REA

MCP server and CLI that lets AI agents reverse engineer apps and binaries

  • Security testing and OSINT
  • Agent skills and plugins
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What it is

REA gives coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor a set of MCP tools that examine native binaries, .NET assemblies, JavaScript and Electron apps, and websites when no source code is available. It drives existing Hopper, Ghidra, or IDA installs for native analysis, and reports each finding with its supporting evidence and known gaps. Developers curious how a feature in another app works can have their agent trace it, explain it, and build a similar version in their own project, or run the same analyses from the terminal.

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344,850 GitHub stars.
344,850

Forks
86,904
Commits
3,872
Contributors
268
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
April 2026
First release
July 2026
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI
Self-hostable
No
Author
morluto
Tags
  • agent-skills
  • static-analysis
  • mcp-server
  • reverse-engineering
  • ai-agents

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Hacker NewsREA Reverse – Engineer AnythingOct 10, 2026 · 814 points · 339 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsReverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binariesOct 12, 2026 · 100 points · 38 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Remember when the early web was totally visible to everyone and you could just copy what you liked about someone else’s site and put it in your own? That’s…”Oct 10, 2026 · 5 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“REA (MIT) is an MCP server connecting AI agents to local reverse engineering tools: native binaries, Electron/.NET apps, websites. Analysis runs locally…”Oct 21, 2026 · 2 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“REA: AI-Powered Reverse Engineering for Developers #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #ReverseEngineering #MCP #OpenSource #CyberSecurity…”Oct 17, 2026 · 3 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“REA Reverse – Engineer Anything View Article | Discussion + AI Summary Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇”Oct 10, 2026 · 3 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsREA: Reverse Engineer Anything is now #1 trending repo on GitHubOct 10, 2026 · 2 points · 2 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsReverse Engineer AnythingOct 8, 2026 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“I agree for more personal things, eg some generic styling thing. but what about a skill like the reverse engineer anything skill? that’s like directing the…”Oct 20, 2026 · 1 like · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsShow HN: A MCP for Agents to reverse engineer binary codeJul 14, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“@gold-craves-coffee.neocities.org NodeMixaholic is attempting a clean-room Linux-kernel vibe coded rewrite of iOS 4.3.4 using REA and OpenCode! Source and…”Oct 17, 2026 · 0 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“We used to reverse-engineer software by staring at disassembly for hours. Now we can apparently tell an AI agent: “Figure out how this feature works. Show me…”Oct 16, 2026 · 1 like · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“@kylekulinskishow.bsky.social I implore you to look at this. This is AI against the Oligarchy. The era of SaaS companies exploiting their customers IS OVER…”Oct 15, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“@nerdpr0f I will give that a shot. My AI box is ... not fast but hey I got nothing but time. You see this thing that @CraigStuntz showed me?”Oct 20, 2026 · 0 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“hier is het open source project: Er zijn erg veel videos over uitgebracht de afgelopen week”Oct 20, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“REA: Reverse Engineer Anything #rea #AI”Oct 18, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“If you want to participate in reverse engineering check out these guys. They're making the project move FAST. A bunch of tools going into this belt…”Oct 15, 2026 · 0 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“REA Reverse – Engineer Anything (”Oct 10, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“REA — Reverse Engineering for Your Coding Agent rea.tools”Oct 19, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“morluto/rea is an agent-driven reverse engineering tool that starts from observable app behavior and works down to native binaries. GitHub:”Oct 19, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)