● Agent workflows & promptsGitHub
Agent Skill that turns REA evidence into requirements, a roadmap and validated rebuilds.
ShadowSwaps
@ShadowSwaps
Built with REA
What people reverse engineered with REA and an AI agent. Compare AI reverse-engineering tools
33 builds
Builds
● iOS & macOS appsGitHub
A native Rust macOS screen recorder with auto-zoom, cursor re-rendering and GPU export. Its behaviour was reverse engineered from Screen Studio using REA and Claude Code, with notes in analysis/SCREEN_STUDIO.md.
- Target
- Screen Studio (macOS app)
- Agent
- Claude Code
- Language
- Rust
michaelshimeles
github.com
● iOS & macOS appsGitHub
Clean-room Rust infinite-canvas design app based on how the Paper desktop app behaves.
Michael Shimeles
@michaelshimeles
● GamesGitHub
Function-by-function reconstruction of the DX-Ball 1.07 Windows executable as readable C/C++. Codex uses REA and Ghidra, and rebuilt functions are compared with the original using Visual C++ 4.0 byte-exact matching.
- Target
- DX-Ball 1.07 (Windows, 1996)
- Agent
- Codex
- REA version
- 6.5.0
- Ghidra
- 12.1.4
N0zoM1z0
github.com
● Android / APKBlog posts
Kamlesh Bachani used REA with Claude Code to inspect a smart AC's official APK and network payloads, then built a custom app that talks directly to the AC and shows the room temperature.
- Target
- Smart AC official Android APK
- Agent
- Claude Code
- Protocol analysis time
- A couple of hours
- Total build time
- One day
Kamlesh Bachani
lnkd.in
● GamesGitHub
macOS and browser port of a 2000 desktop-smashing toy; REA with Ghidra recovered codec, timer and coordinate details.
ucodia
@ucodia
● iOS & macOS appsGitHub
Clean-room macOS screen recorder in Rust, modelled on OBS's architecture.
Michael Shimeles
@michaelshimeles
● Native binariesGitHub
WinDirStat-style Windows 11 disk analyzer; REA examined the WinDirStat 2.5.0 binary to confirm scanning and treemap behavior.
Christoffer Karlsson
@KarlssonChristoffer
● iOS & macOS appsBlog posts
The author used REA to study how Wispr Flow works, then built Flow, a local macOS voice-typing app inspired by its interaction model, and compared the transcription output side by side in a demo.
- Target
- Wispr Flow (macOS app)
- Result
- Flow, a local macOS voice-typing
- Comparison
- Real Wispr Flow gave better punc
Priyanshu Jaiswal
lnkd.in
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● Firmware & devicesGitHub
Remote control apps for Xiaomi Mi TVs on macOS, Android and iOS, built after reverse engineering the undocumented MiLink protocol from the TV's firmware with REA.
- Target
- Xiaomi Mi TV firmware (MiLink se
- Apps
- macOS, Android, iOS
- Protocol
- MiLink, TCP port 6091
EndLess728
github.com
- PICK
● iOS & macOS appsGitHub
Open-source Python desktop accounting app with a local SQLite ledger, built independently after using REA to investigate QuickBooks Desktop for Mac. It has macOS and Windows preview builds and public tests.
- Target
- QuickBooks Desktop for Mac
- Release
- 2026.10.12-preview.1
- Language
- Python
- Platforms
- macOS and Windows
lxistired
github.com
● Integrations & MCPX posts
Announcement that REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is now a skill in Computer, which inspects how an app works without its source code and then builds a working version.
- Host
- Computer
- Skill
- /reverse-engineer
- Free through
- October 31
Computer
@AskPerplexity
● GamesGitHub
Rust/SDL2 rebuild of one DOS minigame from an evidence-backed spec; ships no game assets.
tuunanet
@tuunanet
● Security researchInvestigations
Static audit of the Ubuntu netcat binary that recovered main plus 24 helpers and found no backdoor.
NullLabTests
@NullLabTests
● GamesGitHub
Rust reimplementation of the 1992 Johnny Castaway screensaver that needs your own data files.
Glauber Lima
@glauberlima
● Feature rebuildsInvestigations
Static teardown of Wispr Flow's speech-to-paste pipeline with each claim labelled proven, inferred or hidden, plus a tiny local rebuild.
az9713
@az9713
● Native binariesX posts
An X post says REA read the installed Windows Calculator and found that the code checks the operator before it handles the percent key, which explains the two different results.
- Target
- Windows Calculator (installed ap
Myttle
@xmyttle
● Learning & tutorialsGitHub
Claude Code mod that keeps REA Evidence records in a live pane so findings must cite real evidence_ids.
Pablo Díaz Jorge
@pablodiazjorge
● Integrations & MCPGitHub
Analyzes two projects with REA, proposes fused ideas, then builds and tests a new project with a copy check.
sickpyramid
@sickpyramid
● Integrations & MCPGitHub
Docker images for REA, one per disassembler (Ghidra, Hopper, IDA), with a verification harness.
alexmi256
@alexmi256
● Feature rebuildsGitHub
Claude Code with REA rebuilt the non-interactive mode of OpenAI's Codex CLI in Python from the installed files. The repo has the hidden test, a fake Responses API server, scorers and the AI's notes.
- Agent
- Claude Code
- Target
- OpenAI Codex CLI (codex exec)
- Hard test, second copy (
- 320/325 = 98.5%
- AI cost
- about $16.80 in total
softsweb
github.com
● Interop & automationGitHub
A plain Python SDK, MCP server and CLI that let AI agents drive Blender. Its design is based on an REA (Ghidra provider) reverse-engineering pass over the Blender 5.2.2 binary.
- Target
- Blender 5.2.2
- Provider
- Ghidra
- Platforms
- Linux, Windows, macOS
yazzang-homelab
github.com
● Web apps & bundlesGitHub
A Rust Bloomberg-style trading terminal with GPU charts. Its chart UX came from passive REA website-mode captures of TradingView's public chart page, with the findings documented in docs/analysis.
- Target
- tradingview.com public chart pag
- Mode
- REA website mode, passive captur
- Language
- Rust
michaelshimeles
github.com
● Integrations & MCPGitHub
A skill that runs REA, Ghidra and JADX with Claude Code or Codex inside restricted Docker containers. It has no network, shares only hash-approved copies of selected files, and includes repeatable boundary checks.
- Agents
- Claude Code, Codex
- REA version
- 6.7.0
- Sandbox
- Two Docker containers, network n
- MCP tool allowlist
- 27 tools
dagoSte
github.com
● Integrations & MCPGitHub
Open-source agent and desktop/browser Studio built on REA. It routes targets to REA workflows, records executions, normalizes evidence into reports, and supports multi-agent review and rebuild in isolated copies.
- Version
- v0.2.0
- REA version
- 6.4.0
- Validated platform
- macOS arm64
dav1dngy
github.com
● Agent workflows & promptsGitHub
Python tool that folds REA analysis output into a persistent graph, diffs two builds by structure instead of byte offset, and attests shipped artifacts against source graphs.
- Language
- Python
- Demo diff
- 1 changed vs 59 of 56 nodes flag
- Tests
- 1300+
- Stars
- 11
Graphify-Labs
github.com
● Android / APKGitHub
Codex with REA found a hidden eSIM download destination in the Google Pixel Watch companion APK; the author built a standalone Android app that scans a QR code and deep-links to that destination.
- Target
- Google Pixel Watch companion app
- Agent
- Codex
- Tested on
- Pixel Watch 2 LTE (manual, by au
AllMySlop
github.com
● Interop & automationGitHub
Ports the VR desktop streamer to Linux; REA analyzed the official installers and recovered scroll scaling.
cudanexus
@cudanexus
● Agent workflows & promptsInvestigations
Five preregistered studies of whether REA helps Claude Code on Windows crackmes; found no measurable gain at about twice the time and cost.
Pablo Díaz Jorge
@pablodiazjorge
● Electron & desktop JSInvestigations
Compares REA reports with known code and documents reproducible blind spots, such as webpack-bundled Electron main processes.
UnknownHacker1
@UnknownHacker1
● Feature rebuildsGitHub
Studied the shipped PowerToys Color Picker binaries with REA, built an independent version, and graded REA 8 of 9 against the real source.
Mukesh Murugan
@iammukeshm
● Learning & tutorialsGuides
Hands-on lab with a minimal Electron target, an Evidence-to-report extractor and a recreate loop.
jinshi666888
@jinshi666888
