# radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

Repository: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/radare2
Homepage: https://www.radare.org
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: radare2, c, commandline, reverse-engineering, forensics, security, binary-analysis, malware-analysis, disassembler, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:33:56+00:00
Link (homepage): https://www.radare.org

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5174, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 37, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 24652, forks 3300 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:37.578544+00:00)

## What it is
Radare2 is a libre reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset for analyzing, disassembling, debugging, emulating, and modifying binaries. It supports scripting via an embedded JavaScript interpreter or r2pipe and runs on UNIX-like systems as well as Windows.

## Use cases
- disassemble and analyze a binary
- reverse engineer malware
- debug a program locally or over gdb
- inspect and edit files as a hexadecimal editor
- analyze firmware or kernel memory
- script binary analysis tasks with r2pipe

## When to choose
- you need a scriptable, terminal-driven reverse engineering toolset
- you want broad architecture and file format support for binary analysis
- you need disassembly, debugging, and forensics in one framework

## When to avoid
- you prefer a polished graphical disassembler out of the box
- you only need high-level decompilation without learning a command language

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, cli, developer-tools, security, parser
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: disassembler, binary-analysis, malware-analysis, forensics, hex-editor, debugger, scriptable, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- radareorg/radare2 (main) score 94
- radareorg/iaito (frontend) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.578544+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:10.749834+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/radareorg/radare2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:37.578544+00:00, sha 2f8f552938a6)
  - homepage: https://www.radare.org (fetched 2026-08-29T07:53:21.215276+00:00, sha f08b018030e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.