Take a compiled program apart and read what it does
Made by National Security Agency
View profile on GitHub (opens in a new tab)A desktop toolkit for reverse engineering: it takes a program that has already been compiled into machine code and turns it back into something readable, so you can study how it works.
It is built and maintained by the US National Security Agency.
Can I use this?
You'll need A desktop computer and Java · Setup needed
Worth knowing This is a specialist security-research tool with a steep learning curve, not a general-purpose app. The project’s own README points to security advisories about known vulnerabilities in certain versions and asks you to read them first. Decompiled code is a reconstruction, not the original source. BuildTube has not run or verified this software.
Why it's here
Not trending this week
Last seen on the GitHub trending list on 20 September 2026. It stays on BuildTube so you can still find it.
- 81,050 people have starred it on GitHub.
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Behind it
See the code on GitHubBuildTube has not run or verified this project. Everything above is written from what the creator published.
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