Security News > 2024 > June > Radare: Open-source reverse engineering framework

Radare is an open-source UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.

"I started the project in 2006 when I was working as a forensic analyst, and I wrote a simple command-line hexadecimal editor to scan a hard drive looking for keywords and dump the results to disk to recover some files. Over time, the project evolved to meet my diverse requirements, serving as a debugger, a disassembler, and a platform for exploring various architectures. It proved invaluable during CTF competitions, at work, and for personal reverse engineering projects," Sergi Àlvarez, the creator of Radare, told Help Net Security.

Radare's free software nature, permissive license, and ease of extension and integration with other tools make it ideal for various environments and needs.

With everything being pluggable and a key focus on portability, Radare can be used across various operating systems and architectures.

Future plans and download. Radare's roadmap is primarily driven by the needs and requests from the community as well as their contributions.

"On a personal level, my plans include adding support for the latest technologies used in mobile applications, enhancing scripting capabilities, improving analysis quality and ship a native decompiler and keep improving the portability across different platforms. Helping the community and documentation to grow and contribute is essential for the future of the project, so I strongly encourage everyone to join the Discord or Telegram chats, submit pull requests, or share their questions and proposals, which will help move the project forward," Àlvarez concluded.

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