Which Model Actually Understands Reverse Engineering? Dev Seeks MCP Workflow for Ghidra and IDA Pro
obese_coder · reddit · 2026-09-21
A developer new to AI-assisted reverse engineering asks for model recommendations. ChatGPT pointed him to MCP server plugins for Ghidra and IDA Pro, plus RE-MCP supporting both. His open questions: which model (up to 80GB VRAM) truly understands RE, whether default Qwen 3.8 refuses packed/obfuscated binaries, whether abliterated Qwen or Qwen Coder would perform better, and what harness/workflow could take an exe and return a database of labeled functions. He is weighing a low-end local GPU versus renting a cloud GPU instance.
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