.NET Reflector AlternativesDecompilers and other similar apps like.NET Reflector

.NET Reflector is described as 'Decompile Any .NET Code' and is a Decompiler in the development category. There are nine alternatives to.NET Reflector for Windows,.NET Framework, Mac and Linux. The best .NET Reflector alternative is ILSpy, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like .NET Reflector are dnSpy, dnSpyEx, dotPeek and Explorer Suite.

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.NET Reflector alternatives page was last updated Jan 8, 2024
  1. ILSpy icon
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    ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler.

    8 ILSpy alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework

    ILSpy Features

    1.  Disassembler
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    • Almost everyone thinks ILSpy is a great .NET Reflector alternative.

    • ILSpy is the most popular Windows alternative to .NET Reflector.

    • ILSpy is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to .NET Reflector.

    • ILSpy is Free and Open Source.NET Reflector is Paid and Proprietary
  2. dnSpy icon
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    dnSpy is a debugger and .NET assembly editor. You can use it to edit and debug assemblies even if you don't have any source code available.

    11 dnSpy alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dnSpy Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Debugging
    Discontinued

    Repository on GitHub is archived since 2020.

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    Has several similar features and is free + open source. Its UI is also up to date for 2020 users.

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    • Most users think dnSpy is a great .NET Reflector alternative.

    • dnSpy is Free and Open Source.NET Reflector is Paid and Proprietary
  3. dnSpyEx icon
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    dnSpyEx is an unofficial continuation of the dnSpy project which is a debugger and .NET assembly editor. You can use it to edit and debug assemblies even if you don't have any source code available. Main features:

    11 dnSpyEx alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dnSpyEx Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  NET Framework
    3.  Debugging
    4.  NET Support
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  4. dotPeek icon
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    What's Cool about dotPeek? Decompiling .NET 1.0-4.0 assemblies to C# Quick jump to a specific type, assembly, symbol, or type member Effortless navigation to symbol declarations, implementations, derived and base symbols, and more Accurate search for symbol usages with advanc.

    9 dotPeek alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dotPeek Features

    1.  Upload directly to Google Drive
    2.  NET Support
    3.  Refactoring
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  5. Explorer Suite icon
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    Created by Daniel Pistelli, a freeware suite of tools including a PE editor called CFF Explorer and a process viewer. The PE editor has full support for PE32/64. Special fields description and modification (.

    6 Explorer Suite alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Explorer Suite Features

    1.  Disassembler
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  6. Zeta Resource Editor icon
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    Zeta Resource Editor is a free application that enables you to edit standard Microsoft .NET string resources from multiple different resource files together inside one single data grid.

    3 Zeta Resource Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    CFR will decompile modern Java features - Java 8 lambdas (pre and post Java beta 103 changes), Java 7 String switches etc, but is written entirely in Java 6. [ http://www.benf.org/other/cfr/ ].

    11 CFR alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CFR Features

    1.  Portable
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    • CFR is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to .NET Reflector.

    • CFR is Free and Open Source.NET Reflector is Paid and Proprietary
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     The MSIL Disassembler is a companion tool to the MSIL Assembler (Ilasm.exe). Ildasm.exe takes a portable executable (PE) file that contains Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code and creates a text file suitable as input to Ilasm.exe.

    4 MSIL Disassembler alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework

    MSIL Disassembler Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  NET Framework
    3.  Disassembler
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  9. GrayWolf icon
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    GrayWolf is a .NET Decompiler that can edit the IL of a compiled .NET application. This Decompiler is targeted at hacking compiled .NET applications. This is a Beta product the IL editing is lacking and the deobfuscator is just getting going.

    5 GrayWolf alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    GrayWolf Features

    1.  Disassembler
    Discontinued

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