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RetDec vs REDasm: catalog facts
RetDec	REDasm

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

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