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What's new in the IDA Domain API?

Michal Sobon — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:36:27 GMT

What's new in the IDA Domain API?

It has been a while since our first post about the IDA Domain API, our open-source Python API. The goal of the IDA Domain API is simple: make common reverse-engineering automation tasks easier to write, read, and maintain. Instead of navigating low-level SDK concepts, users can work directly with domain objects such as functions, instructions, pseudocode, and microcode.

Celebrating 35 Years of IDA

Hex-Rays — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:06:04 GMT

35 Days of IDA

Announcing the 2025 Plugin Contest Winners

Hex-Rays — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:43:04 GMT

The 2025 Hex-Rays IDA Plugin Contest is officially wrapped up, and we are excited to announce this year's winners! This edition drew 25 submissions from both returning participants and newcomers, each bringing fresh ideas to extend and improve IDA Pro.

New Training Formats, New Workflows, New Skills

Hex-Rays — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:48:24 GMT

We’ve made meaningful updates to our training lineup with the introduction of a new on-demand format for beginners, integration of AI into our Intermediate course, and expanded hands-on content across advanced trainings.

Product Update: IDA 9.3sp2 Release

Hex-Rays — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:15:31 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of IDA 9.3 Service Pack (sp2).

IDA Pro, Meet CyberChef

Willi Ballenthin — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:15:00 GMT

ida-cyberchef is a new open source plugin that embeds CyberChef's data transformation engine directly into IDA Pro, with a Qt interface that sits alongside your disassembly as a side panel. Data flows top to bottom through three panels for input, recipe, and output.

Product Update: IDA 9.3sp1 Release

Hex-Rays — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:26:35 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of the first IDA 9.3 Service Pack (sp1).

2026 Product Direction & Priorities

Hex-Rays — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:31:41 GMT

This year will be the biggest vintage in a long time at Hex-Rays. We’re planning to deliver to our user community more improvements and capabilities than ever before, thanks in part to our growing team, productivity gains from dev tools, and some good old fashioned ambition.

DBImporter: Bringing data from external RE tools into IDA

Bartek Budny — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:27:36 GMT

Transitioning between tools, whether it’s preserving the work you’ve already done or adapting to a different workflow, can be challenging at first. Here at Hex-Rays we want to make that transition easier by introducing a new plugin to our toolset: DBImporter.

IDA 9.3 Release: Expanded Architecture Support, Faster UI and More

Hex-Rays — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:49:47 GMT

After months of feedback and refinement from beta testers, we’re excited to introduce IDA 9.3!

Building on the foundation laid in 9.2, this update brings deeper architecture support, smarter decompilation, improved performance, and quality-of-life enhancements that make everyday reverse engineering smoother and more powerful.