IDA Home.
Almost as powerful as Pro.

Built for hobbyists, IDA Home 9.5 is the real IDA, licensed for non-commercial work. You get 11 cloud decompilers, 70+ ISA for disassembly, headless automation with idalib, and the same AI tooling as Pro, for learning, CTFs, and after-hours research.

70+

PROCESSOR FAMILIES

Disassembler docs

11

DECOMPILERS CLOUD INCLUDED

Decompilers docs

Non Commercial

NAMED LICENSE

Licensing

Cloud decompilers included with IDA Home

Read the docs

IDA Home ships online decompilers for 11 architectures and platforms. Everything else is covered by the 70+ ISA disassembler.

x86-32x86-64ARM-32ARM-64MIPS-32MIPS-64PowerPC-32PowerPC-64RISC-V-32RISC-V-64Android DEX

What you’ll do with it

01

Learn reverse engineering

Open real binaries across 11 architectures and read them as clean pseudocode, not raw assembly. Follow a write-up, poke at your own programs, and pick up the craft on the same engine the pros use.

02

Play CTFs and bug bounties

Pull a challenge binary apart fast: decompile it, script the boring parts, and find the bug. Fair game for hobby bug bounties too, as long as it isn’t your main source of income.

03

Automate with idalib

Drive IDA Home headless through idalib. Batch a folder of samples, extract functions and strings, and wire the results into your own scripts and personal AI pipelines. No GUI required.

04

Explore with AI: MCP and Assist

IDA Home ships the same AI tooling as Pro. Point a frontier model at your database through the IDA MCP, or let Assist, the built-in AI harness, help you name functions, explain code, and move faster.

IDA Pro, Home and Free, side by side

Capability
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
What you get
Disassembler
IDA Pro 70+ ISA
IDA Home 70+ ISA
IDA Free x86 / x64
Decompiler
IDA Pro 15+ local
IDA Home 11 cloud
IDA Free x86 / x64
Scripting: IDAPython
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
Headless automation (idalib)
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
AI: IDA MCP & Assist
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
Debugger
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
Add-ons (Teams, Private Lumina)
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
Best suited to
IDA Pro Professionals & teams
IDA Home Hobbyists & students
IDA Free Learning, x86/x64
Licensing
Licensed for
IDA Pro Commercial
IDA Home Non-commercial only
IDA Free Non-commercial only
Add-ons (Teams, Lumina)
IDA Pro
IDA Home
IDA Free
CTFs & bug bounties
IDA Pro
IDA Home not main income
IDA Free not main income
Not sure? Home covers everything but paid work.

It’s the real IDA

IDA Home isn’t a stripped-down clone. It’s the same disassembler and decompiler that power IDA Pro, licensed for non-commercial work. In 9.5, cloud decompilation covers 11 architectures and platforms: x86/x64, Arm 32/64, MIPS 32/64, PowerPC 32/64, RISC-V 32/64, and Android DEX. What the pros use at their desk is what you run at yours.

Architecture top to bottom
You Your laptop and side projects
How you drive it
GUIidalibIDA MCPAssist
The engine IDA Pro
A Disassembler
B Decompiler
C Analysis

Ready to try IDA Home?

IDA Home is licensed for non-commercial work. Grab it and start reversing with pro-grade tools today, or try IDA Free first.

Frequently asked questions

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers!

I currently have IDA Pro 8.x, what are my options to get to IDA 9.0?

You have two options:

If your perpetual license is in active support, you do not need to purchase a subscription to access IDA 9 under the new subscription model. Your active license allows you to receive a free subscription to IDA 9! To start using IDA 9 today you can access the installer in the new customer portal at my.hex-rays.com. There you can request a license key for your free subscription. Please note that the license key for your free IDA 9 subscription will expire at the end of your active support period. You can find detailed instructions on how to upgrade to IDA 9 here.

If your perpetual license has run out of support, or your support period is about to end, you can select a plan here and upgrade within our customer portal, my.hex-rays.com. For any questions or doubt, do not hesitate to contact sales@hex-rays.com

Can I get IDA Pro with a monthly subscription?

We offer solely yearly subscriptions.

Can I purchase IDA with a perpetual license?

Perpetual licenses are no longer offered as from September 30, 2024 as Hex-Rays adopts a subscription-based licensing model.

Any perpetual licenses bought before September 30, 2024 will remain valid and continue working according to their licensing terms. This means that you can continue to use indefinitely the specific IDA Pro version that you purchased before that date.

Please bear in mind that updates and support for previous versions will be discontinued after one year of the activation date.