268k-Star Project 'rea': Reverse Engineer Anything With Agents, From Apps to Binaries
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-16
The GitHub project 'rea' has exploded to 268k stars: it uses AI agents to reverse engineer anything, from app behavior down to native binaries, shipping as agent skills for Claude Code/Codex with static analysis and decompilation built in.
Quoted developer MengTo showed a concrete use: with the skill and a few prompts, you can reverse engineer devices in your home — lights, doors, AC, even a future robot helper — and build your own Mac app around them.
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