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

Best for: Students and hobbyists learning reverse engineering on x86 binaries	Best for: Reverse engineering macOS and iOS binaries on a Mac
Free Free for non-commercial use; paid IDA Home and IDA Pro editions add more features and commercial rights.	Paid Paid license, with a free trial available.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
Same core disassembler as the commercial IDA Includes a decompiler for x86 and x86-64 Runs on Windows, macOS and 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
Not licensed for commercial use Only x86 and x86-64 are supported Decompilation runs in the cloud and needs a connection	Mac only, requires macOS 12.4 or newer Paid after the trial
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
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for IDA Free hex-rays.com/ida-free Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Hopper Disassembler hopperapp.com Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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