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Hopper Disassembler vs IDA Free: catalog facts
Hopper Disassembler	IDA Free

Best for: Reverse engineering macOS and iOS binaries on a Mac	Best for: Students and hobbyists learning reverse engineering on x86 binaries
Paid Paid license, with a free trial available.	Free Free for non-commercial use; paid IDA Home and IDA Pro editions add more features and commercial rights.
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Assembly, CFG and pseudo-code views side by side Swift name demangling and Objective-C selector extraction LLDB and GDB debugging support MCP server for connecting language models	Same core disassembler as the commercial IDA Includes a decompiler for x86 and x86-64 Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux
Mac only, requires macOS 12.4 or newer Paid after the trial	Not licensed for commercial use Only x86 and x86-64 are supported Decompilation runs in the cloud and needs a connection
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Not open source
License: Proprietary	License: Proprietary
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Hopper Disassembler hopperapp.com Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for IDA Free hex-rays.com/ida-free Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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