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Ghidra

Open-source reverse engineering suite from the NSA with a disassembler, decompiler and scripting; first published at RSA Conference 2019.

Tool Human-led released

Source code Website

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Commits, 30 days279

Latest releaseGhidra_12.1.4_buildSep 21, 2026

Last pushOct 13, 2026

GitHub figures as of 2026-10-14, refreshed daily.

Facts

Original: Multi-architecture native binaries
Platform: Multi
Method: Tool
Provenance: Human-led · Maintained by a credited human team since before 2023 (repo history / project site). what this means
Status: released
Licence: Apache-2.0
Team: NationalSecurityAgency
First release: 2019-03
Runs on: Windows, Linux, macOS
Needs the original: No

How to get it legally

Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.

This project was rebuilt by NationalSecurityAgency. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.

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Timeline

Mar 5, 2019 NSA releases Ghidra
Mar 2017 Ghidra's existence revealed

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