Awesome REA: Reverse Engineer Anything with AI

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What AI agents reverse-engineered and rebuilt, and which ones really used REA.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with morluto/rea.

The short answer: of the six most-shared cases, only one, DX-Ball, says in its own repo that it used REA. Two more say so only in the author's post, and the other three used other tools or are unverified. See every check.

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"REA" started as morluto/rea (Reverse Engineer Anything, 417k+ stars as of 2026-11-01), an open-source MCP server and CLI (npm rea-agents) that lets coding agents inspect native binaries, Electron apps, .NET assemblies, APKs, firmware and websites without their source code, explain how a feature works with evidence, and rebuild it. REA itself does not decompile; it orchestrates Hopper, Ghidra, IDA and JADX for the agent.

"REA" now also names the whole wave of AI agents reverse-engineering and rebuilding closed software, whether they use REA, or Claude Code and Codex with Ghidra or IDA MCP. This list covers that wave and says what each case actually used.

Tags

• REA: the project README, the author's post or the official showcase says morluto/rea was used.
• AI-RE: AI reverse engineering with other tools, or with no tool named.
• Rebuild: clean-room rewrite with no reverse-engineering evidence.
• Claim?: not yet verified.

How each tag is checked: How this list stays accurate.

Figures and links in this list were checked on 2026-10-21, with REA's star count refreshed on 2026-11-01, and the entries added since refreshed on 2026-11-10. REA and the projects around it move weekly, so read the date next to a number before relying on it.

⚠️ Reverse engineering is governed by local law, software licenses and terms of service. This list covers only public information, for learning, research, interoperability and preservation. Make sure you are allowed to analyse the target. See Legal and controversy.

Use it today

Open-source projects you can run now, listed by the app they replace or work with. The full index has 37 rows with license and status for each.

Instead of, or works with	Project	Tag	Note
OBS Studio	rec-rs	REA	Rust screen recorder for macOS; build from source
Logitech G HUB	OpenGHub	Manual RE	Native Linux replacement over HID++ 2.0
Plex on LG TVs	plx-native	AI-RE	Faster startup and selection screens than the stock app
PowerToys Color Picker	hexgrab	REA	.NET 10 colour picker
Axure RP .rp files	zee-rp	REA (author's reply)	CLI and MCP to read and write prototypes; validated on macOS only
Paper (design canvas)	paper-rs	REA	Infinite-canvas design tool in Rust
Blender	blender-agent-sdk	REA	Python SDK for Blender; needs Blender
Touhou Project games	th08 and others	AI-RE	Needs your original game data

Most shared

Case	What they did	Reach	Tag
Universal Modder by @rehan_shei	Minecraft content inside GTA V and other games you own	14k likes	AI-RE
Steam game to Unity in 30 min by @AIWarper	Decompiled a game he owns to C#, using Opus 5.5	467k views	REA (author's post)
Claude Slides editor by @dotey	Deobfuscated the web front end, then rewrote it as baocut (source-available)	686 likes, 81k views (2026-10-12)	REA (author's post)
Native Plex client for LG TVs by GLinnik21	Startup and selection screen faster on an LG TV	7.3k likes (repost)	AI-RE
Apple TV remote on Linux by @alexzfunk	Bluetooth protocol of the first-gen remote, open source	5.4k likes	Claim?
DX-Ball by N0z