REA MCP server gives coding agents the ability to reverse-engineer binaries, APKs and Electron apps
REA (Reverse Engineer Anything, MIT licence) combines Hopper, Ghidra and IDA Pro into an MCP server and CLI for coding agents. The project has reached the top of GitHub with about 13,000 stars.
Who is affected and how
- senior developer
- The tool can be used with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor to understand legacy or undocumented code.
Sources
- REA goes viral: one MCP server lets Claude Code, Codex and Cursor reverse-engineer binaries, APKs and Electron apps (~13k GitHub stars) — AICoderaicoder.com · Oct 7, 2026
- AI Hooks for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex: Block Secretsgitguardian blog · Oct 8, 2026
- REA Tool Connects Claude Code and Cursor to Ghidra and IDA Pro to Reverse Engineer Anythingcybersecuritynews · Oct 10, 2026
- New Open-Source REA Tool Lets AI Agents Reverse Engineer Software Without Source Codecyberpress.org · Oct 10, 2026
- Codex, Claude Code, Cursor Jailbreak - AGENTS.md prompt injection - DEV Communitydev.to · Oct 10, 2026
- Claude Code vs Codex vs Copilot: 2026 Comparisonhttps://tech-insider.org/ · Oct 11, 2026
- An AI agent that reverse engineers any software just hit number one on GitHubstartup fortune · Oct 9, 2026
- An AI agent that reverse engineers any software just hit number one on GitHub - Startup Fortunestartupfortune.com · Oct 9, 2026
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