Ghidra AlternativesDecompilers and other similar apps like Ghidra

Ghidra is described as 'Software reverse engineering (SRE) framework created and maintained by the National Security Agency Research Directorate. This framework includes a suite of full-featured, high-end software analysis tools that enable users to analyze compiled code on a variety of' and is a Decompiler in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ghidra for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Haiku apps. The best Ghidra alternative is x64dbg, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ghidra are IDA, GNU Project Debugger, OllyDbg and Cutter.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Ghidra alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. x64dbg icon
     51 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    x64dbg is a 64-bit assembler-level debugger for Windows. The corresponding 32-bit debugger is called x32dbg.

    18 x64dbg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • x64dbg is the most popular Windows alternative to Ghidra.

    • x64dbg is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ghidra.

    • x64dbg is Free and Open SourceGhidra is also Free and Open Source
  2. IDA icon
     59 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    IDA delivers robust disassembly and decompilation, supporting diverse processors and file formats. Its high-quality pseudocode mirrors original source code, aiding analysis of multi-platform software. It features dynamic debugging, metadata control with Lumina, and effective code deobfuscation.

    31 IDA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    |
    1
    Comments about IDA as an Alternative to Ghidra
    Alex Jenkins
    1

    IDA basically just the expensive professional version of Ghidra - Ghidra is FOSS, while IDA is free for specific use cases. If you want to get into decompilation, just start with Ghidra until you need a feature of IDA.

    Ghidra Icon
    IDA icon
    • IDA is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Ghidra.

    • IDA is Free Personal and ProprietaryGhidra is Free and Open Source
  3. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    GNU Project Debugger, or gdb, is a command-line, source-level debugger for programs that were written in C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, or Ada and compiled for any of a number of different target architectures including x86, x86-64, IA-64...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
     
  4. OllyDbg icon
     57 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    OllyDbg is a 32-bit assembler level analysing debugger. Emphasis on binary code analysis makes it particularly useful in cases where source is unavailable.

    23 OllyDbg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Cutter icon
     12 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Cutter goal is to be an advanced FREE and open-source reverse-engineering platform while keeping the user experience at mind. Cutter is created by reverse engineers for reverse engineers.

    22 Cutter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  6. Rizin icon
     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Rizin is a feature rich reverse engineering framework in development, focusing on stability and high code quality, a welcoming and curious community culture and implementation of cutting edge binary analysis research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Mac
    • BSD
     
    • Rizin is the most popular Android alternative to Ghidra.

    • Rizin is Free and Open SourceGhidra is also Free and Open Source
    • Rizin is LightweightGhidra is not according to our users
  7. radare2 icon
     20 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Radare project started as a forensics tool, a scriptable commandline hexadecimal editor able to open disk files, but later support for analyzing binaries, disassembling code, debugging programs, attaching to remote gdb servers, ...

    21 radare2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • C (programming language)
    • Git
    • Haiku
    • Docker
     
    • radare2 is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Ghidra.

    • radare2 is Free and Open SourceGhidra is also Free and Open Source
  8. radare icon
     18 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Radare, the highly featured reverse engineering framework. NOTE: it is better to use the "radare 2", not the "radare".

    Features

    Multi-architecture and multi-platform GNU/Linux, Android, *BSD, OSX, iPhoneOS, Windows{32,64} and Solaris i808.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Binary Ninja icon
     25 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A reverse engineering platform and GUI.

    33 Binary Ninja alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Binary Ninja is the most popular commercial alternative to Ghidra.

    • Binary Ninja is Paid and ProprietaryGhidra is Free and Open Source
  10. Hopper icon
     17 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Hopper is a reverse engineering tool for OS X and Linux, that lets you disassemble, and decompile your 32/64bits Intel Mac, Linux, Windows and iOS executables!

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. Spray icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Spray is a small debugger for C code that comes with minimal mental overhead. All functionality aims to be simple and easy to grasp.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Malcat icon
     8 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Malcat is a feature-rich hexadecimal editor / disassembler / decompiler for reverse engineers and malware analysts. It has support for many file formats and CPUs, can scan for signatures, decrypt/decompress data, diff files and run python scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
12 of 21 Ghidra alternatives