No. 12 of 73 ·Reverse Engineering Tools

Ghidra

Windows · Mac · Linux · Extension

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Ghidra is ranked #12 of 73 in reverse engineering tools on Freedom251. It runs on Browser extension, Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Ghidra plans and pricing

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Ghidra Free No price or usage limits stated on the opened pages github.com · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on reverse engineering tools

Free plan: Yes
Native-code decompilation: Yes
Bytecode decompilation: Yes
Debugger integration: Yes
Scripting API: Yes
Plugin support: Yes
License type: free

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The record

Purpose: Ghidra is a software reverse engineering framework maintained by the NSA Research Directorate.
Analysis features: Its tools include disassembly, assembly, decompilation, graphing, and scripting for analyzing compiled code.
Processor and file support: Ghidra supports a wide variety of processor instruction sets and executable formats.
Operating systems: The project describes compiled-code analysis on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Operating modes: Ghidra can run in user-interactive and automated modes.
Extensibility: Users can develop Ghidra extensions and scripts using Java or Python.
Development integrations: The project documents a GhidraDev plugin for Eclipse and support for editing scripts and creating module projects in Visual Studio Code.
Team analysis: Ghidra was built to address scaling and teaming problems in complex software reverse engineering work.
Security warning: The repository warns that certain Ghidra versions have known security vulnerabilities and points users to its security advisories.
Vulnerability reporting: The security policy directs vulnerability reports to GitHub private vulnerability reporting and asks users not to open public issues for them.
Disclosure process: The security policy describes private triage and says an advisory may be published sometime after an official release containing the patch.
Installation requirement: The repository's installation instructions require a 64-bit JDK 25 and an official multi-platform release archive.
License: The repository includes the Apache License, Version 2.0, which grants no-charge, royalty-free copyright and patent licenses subject to its terms.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

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Sources

github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/mast· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/mast· checked 29 Sept 2026