Apps · Reverse-engineering plugin for IDA Pro (needs a local model server)
Gepetto
IDA Pro plugin that explains decompiled functions and suggests better variable names, with any local model served by Ollama.
macOSWindowsLinux
At a glance
- Best for
- IDA users who want quick explanations and renames without leaving the decompiler.
- Inference engine
- uses Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible server
- GPU support
- None of its own: it talks to a llama.cpp or MLX LM server
- Opens
- GGUF
- MLX
- Features
- Chat window
- Platforms
- Runs inside IDA Pro (paid, from Hex-Rays).
Install
macOS
pip install ida-hcli && hcli plugin install gepettoWindows
pip install ida-hcli && hcli plugin install gepettoLinux
pip install ida-hcli && hcli plugin install gepetto14 models on this site run in Gepetto
Models tagged for reverse engineering that follow instructions, with a GGUF or MLX build to serve locally. Raw decompilers such as LLM4Decompile run on their own in llama.cpp or LM Studio instead.
| Model | Made by | Type | Size | Opens it as | Quality tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.5 27B | Alibaba | LLM | 28B | GGUF or MLX | 93 |
| Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | Alibaba | LLM | 36B (3.0B active) | GGUF or MLX | 93 |
| DeepSeek R1 (671B) | DeepSeek | LLM | 671B (37.0B active) | GGUF or MLX | 92 |
| GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) | Zhipu AI | LLM | 31B (3.0B active) | GGUF or MLX | 88 |
| Devstral 2 (123B) | Mistral AI | LLM | 125B | GGUF or MLX | 86 |
| gpt-oss 120B | OpenAI | LLM | 117B (5.1B active) | GGUF or MLX | 84 |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | Alibaba | LLM | 31B (3.3B active) | GGUF or MLX | 78 |
| DeepSeek V3 (671B) | DeepSeek | LLM | 671B (37.0B active) | GGUF or MLX | 75 |
| Qwen3 30B-A3B | Alibaba | LLM | 31B (3.3B active) | GGUF or MLX | 74 |
| Gemma 3 27B IT | LLM | 27B | GGUF or MLX | 72 | |
| gpt-oss 20B | OpenAI | LLM | 21B (3.6B active) | GGUF or MLX | 70 |
| Qwen3 8B | Alibaba | LLM | 8.2B | GGUF or MLX | 60 |
| Foundation-Sec 8B Reasoning | Cisco Foundation AI | LLM | 8.0B | GGUF | 52 |
| Foundation-Sec 1.1 8B Instruct | Cisco Foundation AI | LLM | 8.0B | GGUF | 50 |
Alternatives
Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.