Alternatives to dnSpyEx
An unofficial, maintained continuation of dnSpy, the .NET debugger, decompiler and assembly editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
dnSpyEx
An unofficial, maintained continuation of dnSpy, the .NET debugger, decompiler and assembly editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as dnSpyEx.
ILSpy
Browse and decompile .NET assemblies.
ILSpy decompiles .NET assemblies under the MIT license and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, but lacks dnSpyEx's debugger and assembly editor.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
IDA Free
The free, non-commercial edition of the IDA disassembler and decompiler for reverse engineering.
Cutter
Inspect compiled programs with a graphical reverse-engineering interface.
Detect It Easy
A program that identifies file types, packers, compilers and protectors used in executables.
PE-bear
A multiplatform viewer and editor for reversing Windows Portable Executable (PE) files.
JADX
Inspect Android bytecode as reconstructed Java code.
Binary Ninja
An interactive disassembler, decompiler, debugger and binary analysis platform for reverse engineers, with a free edition.
