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morluto/rea

rea-agents is a local reverse-engineering toolkit that lets coding agents and terminal users decompile and investigate applications across native binaries, JavaScript/Electron apps, .NET assemblies, and browsers. It connects agent tools via MCP, runs analysis locally, and saves evidence-backed conclusions.

Project overview

It turns the guesswork of understanding unavailable app source code into a reproducible, local investigation workflow with recorded evidence, confidence, and limitations across four target platforms.

Project type: MCP
Use cases: Automation
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: MIT

Best for

Developers and agent users who need to understand how an app feature works when its source code is unavailable and who want analysis to run locally.

Key capabilities

Connects coding agents to investigation tools via MCP so they can decompile, understand, and recreate app features.
Saves results with artifact identity, provider, confidence, and limitations; bundles can be exported, imported, and compared.

Limitations and risks

rea-agents does not claim to recover original source code or automatically clone an application.
Native binary analysis depends on Hopper or Ghidra; Hopper is separately licensed software and its demo supports analysis with vendor-defined limits, so verify licensing of these dependencies before adoption.

Getting started

Requires Node.js 22.19+/24.11+ and npm; native analysis additionally requires Hopper or Ghidra. Run npx rea-agents setup, restart the agent, and describe the app or feature to investigate; alternatively run npx -y rea-agents@latest analyze /Applications/Notes.app from the terminal.

Evidence and sources

README: REA connects your agent to tools for inspecting native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies, and websites. You can also use the same tools from your terminal. A…
README: explain how the feature works, show the evidence, and build a version for your project.
README: **Evidence and comparison:** Save results with artifact identity, provider, locations, confidence, and limitations. Export or import bundles, compare artifacts and functions, and…
README: REA supports native application, JavaScript, Electron, .NET, and browser investigation on macOS and Linux.
README: npx -y rea-agents@latest analyze /Applications/Notes.app

Source updated at: 2026-10-05T18:16:44Z

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