{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ff64168442edefe849418018","clusterId":"c_d056722fe310c78e247c2701","slug":"rea-reverse-engineering-tool-passes-300-000-github-stars","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"REA Reverse Engineering Tool Passes 300,000 GitHub Stars","summary":"REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), a reverse engineering support tool released on GitHub by developer morluto, went from 41 GitHub stars on October 2 to more than 300,000 on October 17, and reached 347,802 by October 21. It gives AI agents analysis capabilities through the MCP standard and works on PC executables, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET programs, and websites. It is free to use under the MIT license.","whyItMatters":"A free MIT-licensed tool that hands reverse engineering to AI agents drew one of the fastest star climbs GitHub has recorded in public view, which says as much about how fast AI agent tooling now spreads as it does about the tool itself.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eREA is an AI agent-oriented tool, not a standalone app. It passes reverse engineering analysis to agents through MCP, and the developer frames it for inspecting software you own or have permission to examine.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe star count is the whole story here: from 41 on October 2 to 300,000 on October 17, then 347,802 on October 21, tallied by ASCII.jp. The official site\u0026#39;s own examples point at small, concrete puzzles, such as why 200 + 10% returns 220 on the Windows calculator, rather than at commercial software.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"REA's MIT license and MCP support let anyone plug its analysis into an AI agent. The 300,000 stars measure adoption, not what users do once the tool can open a .NET binary or a website.","twitterPost":"REA pairs MIT licensing with MCP support, so the tool can be wired into any AI agent. The star count tracks installs, not what happens after.","threadsPost":"REA's MIT license means morluto keeps no control over how the tool is used, and MCP support means it slots into AI agent pipelines. The 300,000 stars mark how many people can now point that at PC executables, .NET programs, and websites.","newsletterBlurb":"REA, a reverse engineering support tool released on GitHub by morluto, reached 347,802 stars by October 21, up from 41 on October 2. It provides analysis capabilities to AI agents through the MCP standard and covers PC executables, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET programs, and websites. It is free under the MIT license.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/444/4444350/?rss\",\"title\":\"Over 300,000 GitHub Stars in Just 2 Weeks: AI-Powered Reverse Engineering Tool \\\"REA\\\" Draws Attention\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4802,"outputTokens":623,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792548428,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T02:01:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T02:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T02:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d056722fe310c78e247c2701","canonicalTitle":"わずか2週間でGitHubスター30万超　AIでリバースエンジニアリングする「REA」が話題","representativeArticleId":"a_49ef92d83f4fb7dec77e9d33","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"morluto\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T00:55:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T00:55:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T02:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/444/4444350/?rss","title":"わずか2週間でGitHubスター30万超　AIでリバースエンジニアリングする「REA」が話題"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)"],"studios":[],"people":["morluto"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}