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Binary Ninja brings interactive decompilation, disassembly, debugging, and binary analysis into one platform. Its decompiler can switch between C and BNIL for supported architectures, and its API offers C++, Python, and Rust bindings for automating analysis. Native debugging covers local and remote sessions on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Paid perpetual licenses start at $199 once, while the free desktop edition is for non-commercial use or evaluation, supports five decompilation architectures, and has no API or plugin access.
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Frida
Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+3Dynamic instrumentation across mobile and desktop targets — Frida injects scripts into running processes to hook functions, inspect APIs, and trace code, rather than centering on decompilation and disassembly.
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radare2
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Command-line reverse engineering with scripting and plugins — radare2 is a UNIX-like command-line framework for analyzing, emulating, debugging, modifying, and disassembling binaries, with an official Qt interface.
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Rizin
Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+2Free binary analysis with patching, diffing, and Cutter GUI — Rizin combines command-line analysis and patching with hexadecimal editing, emulation, binary diffing, and the Cutter graphical interface.
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Boomerang
Free plan LinuxMacWindowsC decompilation for a narrow set of architectures — Boomerang translates supported machine code into C and supports x86 IA-32, PPC, and ST20, with command-line and GUI interfaces.
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IDA Pro
Free plan LinuxMacWindowsBroad processor disassembly and obfuscation simplification — IDA Pro supports more than 60 processor families for disassembly and bundles gooMBA to simplify obfuscated binaries.
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JEB
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Android and specialist code or document analysis — JEB adds Android app analysis and modules for targets including WebAssembly, Ethereum contracts, Siemens S7 programs, and PDF documents.
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Qiling Framework
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Cross-platform binary emulation and execution-state control — Qiling emulates binaries with operating-system awareness and hooks for instructions, memory, syscalls, and I/O rather than focusing on interactive decompilation.
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Ghidra
Free plan Open source APIExtensionLinux+3 - 9
GNU Binutils
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+2 - 10
rev.ng
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 11
angr
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 12
Binwalk
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 13
CFR
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 14
Apktool
Free plan LinuxMacWindows - 15
BAP (Binary Analysis Platform)
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted - 16
Avatar²
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 17
Cutter
Free plan LinuxMacWindows - 18
FACT
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 19
FLOSS
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 20
ILSpy
Free plan ExtensionLinuxMac+1 - 21
Chalkboard
Free plan Self-hostedWeb - 22
dnSpyEx
Free plan LinuxWindows - 23
EMBA
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 24
ImHex
Free plan LinuxMacWindows - 25
JADX
Free plan LinuxMacWindows
A different tool may suit you better if you need dynamic instrumentation, a command-line framework, or emulation rather than an interactive decompiler. Binary Ninja’s browser-based Cloud option requires submitted binaries and has strict performance limits, with no API or plugins. Before switching, weigh supported architectures and file formats, whether you need C or BNIL output, debugging and scripting needs, and whether a focused workflow is worth giving up some of Binary Ninja’s wider analysis set. Interface style and cost also matter: the alternatives range from free command-line tools to paid platforms with specialist modules.
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