Recomp / RE tooling / Java
Fernflower
Analytical Java decompiler maintained by JetBrains and used inside IntelliJ IDEA.
Tool Human-led wipFacts
- Original
- Java bytecode
- Platform
- Java
- Method
- Tool
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2014, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Team
- JetBrains
- Started
- 2014-10
- Runs on
- Linux, Windows, macOS
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt by JetBrains. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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