The author comments that REA is essentially an engineering wrapper that chains Ghidra with large models

On October 21, 2026, Ayi AI Notes published an article offering the judgment: the open-source project REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), which has gone viral on GitHub, has not invented a new reverse-engineering algorithm; it essentially receives instructions in the terminal, automatically invokes Ghidra and the file command to decompile into pseudocode, and then lets a large model explain the logic in natural language—an engineering wrapper that strings old tools into an SOP workflow. The author points out that the decompiled variable names may appear to match up, but they are actually blind guesses by the model based on programming habits; the smoother the report, the easier it is to mistake guesses for facts, and using it for security audits carries hallucination risks; the official protocol limits it to research on software one owns or is authorized to use. The author also believes that this kind of wrapper still has reference value for beginners. At present, this judgment appears only in this source, and there are no subsequent developments or facts.

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   The author comments that the essence of REA is an engineering wrapper that connects Ghidra with large models

   Source:Ayi AI Notes