IDA Home 9.5: the power of IDA Pro, for about $1/€1 a day
IDA Home is our named, non-commercial license for individuals, often referred to as hobbyists. It’s for the folks learning the craft, grinding CTFs, hunting bugs on the side, or doing research after hours.
IDA Home 9.5 is the most powerful version we’ve ever shipped. Cloud decompilers go from 2 to 11, the disassembler covers 70+ processor families now, and you get the same AI tooling as IDA Pro. All at the same price.
Here’s what changed and why.
What you get with IDA Home 9.5
| Feature | IDA Home 9.4 | IDA Home 9.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud decompilers | 2 decompilers | 11 decompilers |
| Disassemblers | One processor family | 70+ processor families |
| AI tooling: IDA MCP | Not included | Included (details below) |
| AI tooling: Assist | Not included | Included (details below) |
| GUI-free automation | idalib | idalib |
- IDA MCP: Hex-Rays' official MCP server. Connect your AI agents to IDA, so you and your agents can work on the same database at the same time. It also uses about 20% fewer tokens than a typical function-calling MCP setup.
- Assist: an AI agent for reverse engineering, built right into IDA. Bring your ChatGPT, Grok, Claude Code or Antigravity CLI subscription, or pick from 170+ presets across cloud, gateway and local providers. Included with IDA Home at no extra cost.
- Automate with idalib: batch a folder of samples, pull functions and strings, and pipe it all into your own scripts. No GUI needed.
- Still included: IDAPython, IDC, the C++ SDK, Domain API, local and GDB Server debugging, and Public Lumina.
- You also get the core 9.5 upgrades: FLIRT 2.0 signatures, readable Rust, Go and Swift names, HTML export, Jump Anywhere and quick filters in list windows.
Already on IDA Home?
Download your updated license file from My Hex-Rays and replace your current one to unlock the new decompilers and other upgraded features.
Why we made these changes
Hobbyists don't just reverse x86 anymore, so IDA Home shouldn't stop there either.
- Your targets moved. CTF challenges, router firmware, IoT gadgets and Android apps run on ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, RISC-V and DEX. With 70+ processors to disassemble and 11 to decompile, IDA Home now covers the platforms most hobbyists and independent researchers actually meet.
- The way people reverse changed. More of you are scripting your analysis and pairing IDA with AI agents. That's why idalib, IDA MCP and Assist are part of Home, not locked behind Pro.
- Learning shouldn't be gated by price. IDA Free is a great start, but 2 decompilers runs out fast. Home is the next step: the power of IDA Pro for non-commercial work.
idalib: what sets IDA Home apart
idalib is short for "IDA as a library." Instead of opening IDA and clicking around, you call IDA's IDAPython and C++ APIs from your own standalone scripts and apps, no GUI needed. Batch a folder of samples, script your analysis end to end, or plug IDA into your own tools and AI agents.
idalib isn't a plugin or a third-party add-on. It's built by Hex-Rays and ships with IDA, and since 9.4 the installer sets it up for you. Some hobbyist licenses out there only let you script through plugins inside the GUI, and save GUI-free automation for their pricier commercial editions. With IDA Home, it's included.
Here's what that looks like in practice.
Duncan Ogilvie, creator of x64dbg, gave a local AI model a real DarkSide ransomware sample and an IDA setup in Docker, then boarded a flight. About 45 minutes later, the model had finished the static analysis and fully marked up the IDA database. Read the full story: My 8¢ Malware Analyst.
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Get IDA Home 9.5
| IDA HOME 9.5 | ~$1/€1 A DAY |
The power of IDA Pro, for hobbyists
11 cloud decompilers, 70+ processor families, IDA MCP, Assist and idalib, for $365/€365+VAT a year.
Want the AI tools? Follow the setup guides for Assist and IDA MCP.
