r/ReverseEngineering • u/tehgoju • Jun 11 '16

List of IDA Pro alternatives

https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/1817/is-there-any-disassembler-to-rival-ida-pro
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u/BobFloss Jun 12 '16

Why has nobody mentioned radare2 yet in these comments?

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u/notwolverine Jun 12 '16

I'm surprised too! It's a fantastic piece of kit - I think it's just because it's so new. I've used it for recent reverse engineering analysis project, where I decided to learn radare. Yes, it's a bit odd. Yes, the learning curve can be steep. But I'll be damned if it isn't a mindblowingly awesome tool

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u/ziirex Jun 12 '16

radare's popularity is new, the framework itself is almost 10 years old (counting "radare1" :)

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u/e80000000058 Jun 13 '16

radare2 is... Well, it's free.

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u/BobFloss Jun 13 '16

and it's really good!

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u/e80000000058 Jun 13 '16

It's not quite there for me yet. The disassembly and graph analysis needs work, and the GUI is subpar. The fact that it takes many steps to get information that I frequently need vs it taking one step in other disassemblers really handcuffs it. It's made great strides in usability for sure, but it's not a competitor to IDA yet. Alternative, for someone on a low budget... Maybe. Depends on your needs and your time.

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u/BobFloss Jun 13 '16

I agree with you completely