REA hits 296k GitHub stars as AI makes reverse engineering cheap

Open-source MCP server REA connects AI coding agents like Claude Code to Ghidra, IDA and Hopper, lowering the barrier to reverse engineering for ordinary developers. The project grew from 10k to 100k GitHub stars in a week and now sits at about 296k stars and 74.8k forks, alongside alpha open-source clones of Photoshop and Word.

• REA grew from 10k to 100k GitHub stars in a week, now at 296k
• REA is an MCP server for Ghidra, IDA, Hopper and Chrome DevTools
• Thomas's Adobe and Office clones are alpha: 5 of 30 filters matched
• GPT-5.5 solved a reverse-engineering task in 10 minutes for $1.73 vs 12 hours