Is Ida Mcp safe to use?

Ida Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Ida Mcp?

Ida Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with Ida Mcp?

Ida Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is Ida Mcp actively maintained?

Ida Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 5 days ago. It has 95 GitHub stars.

Ida Mcp

Name: Ida Mcp
Author: jtsylve

ida-mcp · by jtsylve

A headless MCP server for IDA Pro 9+

95 0 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 5d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

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Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ida": {
      "args": [
        "ida-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Ida Mcp does

A headless IDA Pro MCP server built on idalib. Exposes IDA Pro's binary analysis capabilities over the Model Context Protocol (MCP), letting LLMs drive IDA Pro for reverse engineering tasks. Supports multiple simultaneous databases through a supervisor/worker architecture.

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Is Ida Mcp safe to use?: Ida Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Ida Mcp?: Ida Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Ida Mcp?: Ida Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Ida Mcp actively maintained?: Ida Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 5 days ago. It has 95 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ida": {
      "args": [
        "ida-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Ida Mcp does

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

uvx 'ida-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

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README

RE-MCP

A multi-backend reverse-engineering MCP server. Exposes binary analysis capabilities from IDA Pro and Ghidra over the Model Context Protocol, letting LLMs drive reverse-engineering tools directly. Supports multiple simultaneous databases through a supervisor/worker architecture.

Both backends are standalone servers, not plugins. They use headless APIs (idalib for IDA, pyghidra for Ghidra) to run analysis engines without a GUI.

Backends

Backend	Package	Requirements
IDA Pro	`re-mcp-ida`	IDA Pro 9+ with a valid license
Ghidra	`re-mcp-ghidra`	Ghidra 12+, JDK 21+

Both backends share a common tool interface — core analysis tools use the same names, parameters, and response shapes — so LLM workflows are portable across backends. Each backend also has tools for platform-specific features (e.g. IDA: file region mapping, executable rebuilding, IDC evaluation, IDAPython scripting; Ghidra: Function ID analysis, data type archives).

Requirements

Python 3.12+
uv package manager (recommended) or pip
macOS, Windows, or Linux
At least one supported backend installed on the same machine

Installation

Install individual backend packages directly, or install re-mcp and select a backend with --backend:

# Individual backend packages (each provides its own CLI)
uv tool install re-mcp-ida
uv tool install re-mcp-ghidra

# Or install the core package and use --backend to select
uv tool install re-mcp --with re-mcp-ida --with re-mcp-ghidra

With pip:

pip install re-mcp-ida        # IDA only
pip install re-mcp-ghidra     # Ghidra only
pip install re-mcp re-mcp-ida re-mcp-ghidra  # Unified CLI with both backends

From source

git clone https://github.com/jtsylve/ida-mcp && cd ida-mcp
uv sync

Or with pip:

git clone https://github.com/jtsylve/ida-mcp && cd ida-mcp
pip install -e packages/re-mcp-core -e packages/re-mcp-ida -e packages/re-mcp-ghidra

Finding IDA Pro

The IDA backend looks for your IDA Pro installation in the following order:

IDADIR environment variable — checked first; set this if IDA is in a non-standard location.
IDA's own config file — Paths.ida-install-dir in ~/.idapro/ida-config.json (macOS/Linux) or %APPDATA%\Hex-Rays\IDA Pro\ida-config.json (Windows). If the IDAUSR environment variable is set, it is used as the config directory instead.
Platform-specific default paths:

Platform	Default search paths
macOS	`/Applications/IDA Professional *.app/Contents/MacOS`
Windows	`C:\Program Files\IDA Professional 9.3`, `C:\Program Files\IDA Pro 9.3`, and `Program Files (x86)` equivalents
Linux	`/opt/ida-pro-9.3`, `/opt/idapro-9.3`, `/opt/ida-9.3`, `~/ida-pro-9.3`, `~/idapro-9.3`

The idapro package is loaded at runtime directly from your local IDA Pro installation — no extra setup steps or environment variables are needed if IDA is installed in a standard location.

Finding Ghidra

The Ghidra backend looks for your Ghidra installation in the following order:

GHIDRA_INSTALL_DIR environment variable — checked first; set this if Ghidra is in a non-standard location.
Config file — ghidra-install-dir in ~/.ghidra/ghidra-config.json.
Platform-specific default paths:

Platform	Default search paths
macOS	`/Applications/ghidra_`, `~/ghidra_`
Windows	`C:\ghidra_`, `~/ghidra_`
Linux	`/opt/ghidra_`, `/usr/local/ghidra_`, `~/ghidra_*`

Usage

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

60/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−40

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked ida-mcp against OSV.dev.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ida Mcp safe to use?: Ida Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Ida Mcp?: Ida Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Ida Mcp?: Ida Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Ida Mcp actively maintained?: Ida Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 5 days ago. It has 95 GitHub stars.