Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to IDA

IDA

The best-of-breed binary code analysis tool, an indispensable item in the toolbox of world-class software analysts, reverse engineers, malware analyst and cybersecurity professionals.

Product categories

Code Analysis Debugger Decompiler Developer Tools Development IDE Monitoring Tools OS & Utilities SRE Software Development Text Editors Tool

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to IDA are Ghidra, Binary Ninja, and Cutter. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Ghidra Landing Page
1

Ghidra

Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Software Development #SRE 64 social mentions
Binary Ninja Landing Page
2

Binary Ninja

A reverse engineering platform and GUI
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #Decompiler 9 social mentions
Cutter Landing Page
3

Cutter

Open Source RE Platform powered by radare2.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #OS & Utilities 12 social mentions
PE-bear Landing Page
4

PE-bear

PE-bear is a reversing tool for PE files.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #Developer Tools
ImHex Landing Page
5

ImHex

ImHex is a free, featureful Hex Editor with many tools often only found in paid products. It includes a custom built scripting language for highlighting and decoding binary data, a disassembler, extensive file analysis tools and much much more
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #Text Editors 6 social mentions
Hexalinq Binary Workbench Landing Page
6

Hexalinq Binary Workbench

Disassemble, patch, and compile executable files online.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Code Analysis #Decompiler #Debugger
Snowman C++ Decompiler Landing Page
7

Snowman C++ Decompiler

Snowman is a native code to C/C++ decompiler.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #Decompiler 1 social mentions
ILSpy Landing Page
8

ILSpy

ICSharpCode. Decompiler. Console..
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Decompiler #IDE #Development
perf Landing Page
9

perf

Perf is a simple app monitoring solution paired with meaningful alerts.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #OS & Utilities #Monitoring Tools
LLDB Landing Page
10

LLDB

Debugger for C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Swift.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 9 social mentions
x64_dbg Landing Page
11

x64_dbg

x64_dbg is a 32-bit and 64-bit assembler level debugger for Windows. Key features:
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Software Development #OS & Utilities 16 social mentions
YARA Landing Page
12

YARA

Yara is a popular tool that finds its use in helping researchers to classify and detect malware.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #SRE #Software Development 3 social mentions