Best Reverse Engineering Tools in 2026 · page 2

FACT

FACT is free, open-source software for automated firmware security analysis.

FLOSS

FLOSS is a free static-analysis tool for extracting and deobfuscating strings from malware binaries.

ILSpy

ILSpy is an open-source tool for browsing and decompiling .NET assemblies.

ImHex

ImHex is a free hex editor for reverse engineers and programmers, available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

JADX

JADX is a free tool that produces Java source code from Android Dex and APK files, with both command-line and graphical interfaces.

pycdc

pycdc is the command-line decompiler included in Decompyle++, a free C++ project for converting compiled Python bytecode into readable Python source.

Apktool

Apktool is a free command-line utility for reverse engineering Android APK files.

Binwalk

Binwalk is a firmware analysis tool that identifies and can extract files and data embedded inside other files.

Chalkboard

dotPeek

dotPeek is JetBrains’ free Windows application for inspecting and decompiling .NET assemblies.

Smali/Baksmali

Smali/Baksmali is a free developer tool for assembling and disassembling the dex format used by Dalvik, Android's Java VM implementation.

EUVA (EngineUnpacker Visual Analyzer)

Avatar²

Avatar² is a free, Apache-2.0 licensed Python framework for dynamic analysis of embedded-device firmware.

EMBA

EMBA is a free, open-source Linux environment for examining embedded-device firmware.

Procyon

Procyon is a free suite of Java metaprogramming tools for code generation and analysis, including reflection, expression trees, runtime code…

Triton

Miasm

DRAKVUF

DRAKVUF is a free, open-source system for tracing binaries inside virtual machines without installing an agent in the guest.

FirmWire

iced-x86

decompyle3

decompyle3 is a free, open-source Python decompiler that turns Python bytecode into equivalent Python source code.

Fiano

Apktool

B2R2

BeaEngine