# REA — Reverse Engineer Anything

> The upstream CLI and MCP server for evidence-based investigations of shipped software and runtime behavior.

- Type: Project
- Targets: App · Binary · Firmware · Game · Protocol · Website
- Category: Official REA: core and setup
- Relationship: Official REA project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-15
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/morluto/rea>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/808339f0b1cf3837445f392b5d5f1f362d64a27d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-upstream/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-upstream/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rea-upstream/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- rea-agents 6.5.0 was the published npm version at review time.
- Node.js ^22.19.0 || ^24.11.0 || >=26.0.0; additional tools depend on the target.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/808339f0b1cf3837445f392b5d5f1f362d64a27d/README.md>

## More in Agents and MCP

- [Official reverse-engineer-anything skill](https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-official-skill/index.md) · Integration
- [dsh-mcp-rea](https://awesomerea.org/resources/dsh-mcp-rea/index.md) · Integration
- [rea-jev](https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-jev/index.md) · Integration
- [rea-casebook](https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-casebook/index.md) · Integration
- [Eleven](https://awesomerea.org/resources/eleven-agent-re-workbench/index.md) · Integration
- [REA plugin for Hermes Agent](https://awesomerea.org/resources/hermes-rea-plugin/index.md) · Integration

## About this entry

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