radare2

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Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Android, api, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows.

radare2 is ranked #3 of 73 in reverse engineering tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

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radare2 Free Free reversing toolkit · LGPLv3 for most of radare2; dependencies and plugins may use other licenses radare.org · 29 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Decompiler: Yes
Firmware analysis: Yes
Analysis mode: hybrid
Plugin API: Yes
Supported platforms: Windows, Linux, Darwin/macOS, GNU/Hurd, Apple iOS/iPadOS/watchOS, Android, BSD, QNX, Solaris, AIX, Haiku, SerenityOS, and others
Supported architectures: i386, x86-64, Alpha, ARM, AVR, BPF, MIPS, PowerPC, SPARC, RISC-V, SH, m68k, S390, XCore, CR16, HPPA, ARC, Blackfin, Z80, H8/300, V810, PDP11, V850, CRIS, PIC, LM32, 8051, 6502, i4004, i8080, EVM, Tricore, CHIP-8, GameBoy, SNES, MSP430, Xtensa, NIOS II, Java, Dalvik, WebAssembly, MSIL, EBC, TMS320, Hexagon, MCORE, SuperH-4, VAX, KVX, LOONGARCH, s390x, STM8, and others

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Purpose: radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.
Analysis: It can analyze, emulate, debug, modify, and disassemble binaries across many architectures.
File handling: It can edit local files, view kernel memory, and debug programs locally or through remote GDB and WinDbg servers.
Scripting: The command-line tool supports scripting with an embedded JavaScript interpreter or through r2pipe.
Extensibility: The r2pm package manager can search, install, update, and uninstall plugins and tools.
Integrations: Listed plugins include r2ghidra, r2frida, r2yara, and r2pipe for scripting from other programming languages.
GUI: The project identifies iaito as its official Qt graphical interface.
Platforms: Supported operating systems include Windows, Linux, Darwin, Apple's Mac and mobile operating systems, and Android.
Installation: The project recommends installing from its Git repository and also documents released binaries, Nix packaging, and source builds.
License: Most of radare2 is licensed under LGPLv3, while dependencies and plugins may have different licenses.
Security: The security policy says fixes for reported security bugs are top priority and required within 24 hours of disclosure.
Security limits: The project says it does not backport security fixes to old releases and currently has no bug bounty program.
Support: The project points users to its official book, chats, and community channels for questions and feedback.
Price from: Free

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Sources

github.com/radareorg/radare2· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/radareorg/radare2/blob/master/COPYING.m· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/radareorg/radare2/blob/master/SECURITY.· checked 29 Sept 2026
radare.org/n/· checked 29 Sept 2026