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REDasm vs RetDec: catalog facts
REDasm	RetDec

Best for: Reverse engineers who want a free, open-source disassembler	Best for: Reverse engineers and malware analysts who want a free decompiler
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows	Windows, Linux, Command line
Supports multiple processor architectures Handles legacy executable formats Extensible through plugins Open source with no licence restrictions	Free decompiler under a permissive licence Built on LLVM and retargetable across architectures Dockerfile provided for reproducible builds
Little documentation on the project homepage Smaller community than established commercial disassemblers	Project is in limited maintenance mode Command-line tool with no graphical interface Intended for authorized analysis of software you are allowed to examine
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for REDasm redasm.dev Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for RetDec retdec.com github.com/avast/retdec Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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