# REA's author open-sources 20 reverse-engineering repos for AI agents

> Original title: THIS IS AN ACTUAL F*CKING GOLD

- Source: X search: AI open-source releases
- Published: 2026-11-10T19:30:43.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/iq2gcvecwi3ituzssldp31y5h
- Original: https://x.com/lez99999/status/2120237737852719575

## Summary

The author behind REA released a set of 20 open-source reverse-engineering repositories, including Ghidra with GhidraMCP, ida-pro-mcp, jadx, Apktool, Frida, radare2, x64dbg, and angr. The post presents them as a stack for building a reverse-engineering lab, with a flow of binary to REA, SPEC.md, rebuild, oracle, and retry.

## Post

THIS IS AN ACTUAL F*CKING GOLD

The guy behind REA just open-sourced a full reverse-engineering stack — 20 repos so you can spin up your own RE lab.

Core analysis

•  REA — one MCP that talks to everything → http://github.com/morluto/rea
•  Ghidra + GhidraMCP — free decompiler your agent can drive
•  ida-pro-mcp — hooks your agent straight into IDA Pro

Mobile / apps
•  jadx + Apktool — tear Android APKs down to Java and put them back together
•  Frida — inject and hook running apps live
•  ILSpy — .NET decompiler

Binaries & low-level
•  radare2 — full RE framework that lives in the terminal
•  x64dbg — Windows debugger
•  ImHex — hex editor with its own pattern language
•  angr — symbolic execution

Traffic & runtime
•  mitmproxy — sit in the middle and read everything
•  dnSpy — debug and patch .NET on the fly
•  rizin + raddebugger — radare2 fork + Epic’s debugger

Rebuild & verify
•  awesome-ai-reverse-engineering (122 repos)
•  awesome-reverse-engineering (REA author’s curated list)
•  ready-made REA investigation flows
•  clean-room loop: SPEC.md → rebuild → oracle → repeat until it matches

Flow: binary → REA → SPEC.md → rebuild → oracle → retry

Bookmark it. Point it at any app and let it explain itself.

[Video](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Famplify_video_thumb%2F2120237637235601408%2Fimg%2FC3YHt2SYFFfHQsBb.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1794700800&sig=9cb8112f92151e90)

## Quoted post @lez99999

> https://x.com/i/article/2112986878198611968

https://x.com/lez99999/status/2112997434703884498