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THE REVERSE ENGINEERING COLLECTION

Reverse-engineering case studies

Page 16 of 21, cases 3,001–3,200. 4,025 case studies from 5,191 curated resources, with documented reconstruction methods, scope, and original evidence.

Software reconstruction artifact reviews

Review artifacts from REA workflows and independent reconstructions. Each entry retains its original sources and known limits.

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Implemented features, known gaps and required original assets.
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Original code, releases or demos.
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Pinned sources, review dates and documented REA roles.
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Cases 3,001–3,200 of 4,025

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Valeton GP180 Reverse Engineering investigates the guitar processor's USB MIDI SysEx traffic, firmware and companion Suite software. Its capture analysis reassembles fragmented SysEx messages and records framing, transaction fields and observed message families for presets, effects, settings and file transfers.

fiilpod reconstructs FIIL earbud control protocols and integrates their battery, noise-control, EQ, and spatial-audio state into Xiaomi HyperOS. Its LSPosed module injects into Bluetooth and settings processes, communicates over SPP or BLE GATT, and documents GAIA, Mate, Airoha, and other command families.

upright reconstructs Lightroom Classic's Upright perspective correction from catalog transforms, controlled application runs, and selected CameraRaw binary observations. It publishes a two-camera homography model, measured Auto-mode behavior, evidence files, and an MIT-licensed Python port; the author reports that the port performs poorly on real photographs.

technics-az100 reimplements control of Technics EAH-AZ100 earbuds on Windows through the Airoha RACE Bluetooth RFCOMM channel. A tray app and CLI set noise cancellation and ambient modes and read battery and codec status; a protocol log records frames and command IDs recovered from Android app analysis and Bluetooth captures.

SberBoom Remote implements Android and Windows clients for local control of SberBoom speakers over StarOS WebSocket messages. It ports the TLV protocol from a credited Home Assistant integration, then records pairing behaviour, opcodes and responses measured on a SberBoom Mini. An accompanying investigation examines the official Салют APK for device settings and their transport.

qcywatch-android replaces the QCY companion app for the QCY Watch GT2 using BLE frames derived from the vendor app and captured watch traffic. It forwards notifications and weather, exports health data to Health Connect and saves workouts as TCX files; frame handling and parsers are implemented in Kotlin.

Tabelog API reconstructs an OpenAPI 3.0.3 description of the Tabelog Inbound 2.24.1 app backend from decompiled smali. Its scripts extract API definitions and serializers into YAML and JSON specifications, while notes cover endpoint paths, token handling, and selected live checks reported by the author.

Platinenlupe reconstructs an EarVision Wi-Fi ear camera's communication for browser-based PCB inspection. The author documents APK and firmware analysis that recovered BLE wake-up, Wi-Fi access, UDP JPEG framing and light control, then implements a two-board ESP bridge and local viewer.

Wuwa Tappo Linux reimplements the Windows-only shell of the Wuwa Tappo desktop pet as a Qt 6 application for Linux. It loads the web frontend extracted locally from the user's own 1.0.1 installer and supplies native window, input and WebSocket components; the author reports tests mainly in a nested Fedora Asahi Remix Wayland session.

Ocypus Digital Controller implements a Linux daemon and CLI for Ocypus digital cooler displays using USB HID communication recovered from the Ocypus Digital Elite Windows utility. Its documentation maps standard 64-byte reports and a YCC variant, including temperature, utilization, fan and display mode fields.

OpenCfMoto for iOS reimplements the PXC dashboard exchange used by Carbit and EasyConnect motorcycle displays. The Swift app joins the bike's Wi-Fi, performs the control handshake, streams an H.264 navigation interface, and receives dashboard touch events. Its specifications trace behavior extracted from the Android OpenCfMoto app.

MechControl replaces the OEM Control Center on Uniwill-built MECHREVO, XMG and Eluktronics laptops with a native Windows application. It uses recovered embedded-controller registers, encodings and write sequences to manage CPU and GPU power, fans, battery modes and lighting. The author reports hardware testing on one MECHREVO IDY_7Y board; other model profiles derive from OEM data.

codex-app for macOS reconstructs the Codex desktop workspace as an Electron, React and TypeScript client for the official Codex app-server. Its study combines source and asset inspection, recorded interactions, layout measurements and protocol traces; the client implements chats, editing, diffs, terminals and browser tabs.

The 喜鹊儿 App notes reconstruct login, timetable and attendance API behavior from packet captures, app decompilation and active server probes. They describe school routing, action/step requests, timetable day buckets and attendance checks, and pair those findings with a small Python client. The request-envelope encoder remains a version-specific placeholder.

Better Essential Space reconstructs access to Nothing's Essential Space in a native macOS client after studying its Android app and undocumented APIs. It implements the five-step account login, request signing, record and collection retrieval, audio downloads, and edits to record titles, summaries, and topics; research notes and Frida scripts document the findings.

The EasyKit investigation reconstructs local access to a BTicino / Legrand door station from companion-app analysis and SIP-TLS traffic. Its scripts recover the owner's TLS client identity; the author reports a successful handshake and accepted SIP registration. The author also reports a separate home service for ring photos and lock release, whose implementation remains unpublished.

Bull MosHome implements a Python client and Home Assistant integration using MosHome cloud behavior analyzed from the Android app and network requests. Its protocol notes cover x-ca HMAC-SHA256 signing, login encryption, HTTPS controls and MQTT state updates for supported switches, lights, curtains and chargers.

xperia-firmware-toolkit documents how Xperia Companion stores and downloads Sony Xperia firmware. Its investigation covers the app's Java/OSGi bundles, the ESS API request sequence and the SIN boot-image layout. PowerShell scripts capture firmware downloaded by Companion, and a separate guide covers Xperia 1 IV rooting and data migration.

Pool Comfort / Galaxywind implements a local Python client and Home Assistant component for pool heat pumps using UDP behavior recovered from the vendor Android app and LAN captures. It documents discovery on port 8818, sessions on port 1194, login, state attributes and control commands.

Mondeer Bluetooth scale reconstructs the BLE exchange used by Mondeer and WanKa C1 bathroom scales and implements a Python listener that publishes weighing data to Home Assistant over MQTT. The documented work combines decompilation of the original Android app with traffic observation; a separate Android companion app displays readings and exports to Health Connect.

The WeChat export investigation recovers chat data from WeChat 4.x for macOS. A Frida hook captures keys passed to CommonCrypto's CCCryptorCreate; Python scripts match the per-database keys to SQLCipher stores, decrypt the files, parse contact and message tables, and generate browser-readable HTML. The documentation records database paths and message-layout differences.

led-hue-cycle reconstructs LED LAMP's BLE commands for LEDDMX-family light strips in a native Android app and Python scripts. Its protocol reference specifies the FFE0 service, FFE1 write characteristic and nine-byte frames for color, power, brightness and patterns; the clients use those commands to cycle one or more strips through hues.

LaMetric TIME Recovery Toolkit reconstructs the clock's Wi-Fi provisioning exchange from its Android APK and implements it in Linux scripts. It documents the setup AP's HTTP endpoints, account and Wi-Fi payloads, authentication and status codes, with DEX inspection helpers for examining the app.

AvellSucks is a Windows control app for an Avell gaming laptop’s fan, power settings and devices. The author recovered fan and power EC registers and WMI ACPI calls from the decompiled OEM app and hardware probes; the WPF app uses read-back checks and an audit log for EC writes. Other device controls use Windows APIs.

PodFlick reconstructs iTunesDB editing for fifth-generation iPod Video devices in a macOS video-transfer app. It converts clips to H.264 Baseline and AAC with ffmpeg, then writes video records directly into the device database without iTunes. The repository includes a format specification, Python reference implementation and database fixtures.

Vcf-compiler reconstructs the binary VCF file format used by Ruida VCutWorks. It compares native files with generated variants, documents header, layer, geometry and trailer fields, and implements a Python writer that converts DXF input or a specification into VCF. The author reports that generated files load in VCutWorks with geometry and cutting parameters displayed.

GameSir Connect share-code research reconstructs the desktop app's controller-profile export format and supplies a Python codec for editing and reimporting profiles. The documented GAMESIR: pipeline combines JSON, gzip, Base64 and AES-256-CBC, with a derived key and IV; the author reports testing on a GameSir G7 Pro.

The BlackBerry 10 Assistant reference reconstructs the Dragon speech-service and Maluuba intent-service exchanges needed by the phone's original Assistant. It documents multipart audio and NLSML messages, JSON classifications, plugin intent fields and dialogue turns, along with the device settings and patches needed to direct the client to a replacement server.

The Packet Tracer .pkt/.pka project reconstructs Cisco Packet Tracer's encrypted lab-file containers and their XML payloads. Its Python codec and CLI decode, re-encode, inspect, diff and export files, while a builder generates lab topologies and scored activities using documented cipher, compression and schema details.

mihealth-api reconstructs access to personal Mi Fitness health data from the com.mi.health client API. Its Python client implements session handling and encrypted requests, synchronizes records into SQLite, and exposes local HTTP queries and a dashboard; API notes document endpoint and field behavior.

garmin-proto-lab reconstructs Garmin watch-facing GFDI communication in a Python compatibility client using findings from Garmin Connect's Android package. Its specification covers BLE routing, pairing, authentication, MultiLink transport, file access and FIT validation; the author reports offline implementation and tests, with live watch checks remaining.

eJay statically recompiles the audio and graphics libraries of Dance eJay titles for a new cross-platform host. Its tools lift user-supplied DLLs to C for Linux and macOS, while a host drives the original libraries on Windows; the documented eJay 2 workspace supports sample browsing, block placement and playback.

vclights reconstructs VC-BLELIGHT lamp control from the Raingel Android app's BLE commands. Its Python client sets power, brightness, color and firmware modes, while protocol notes identify GATT services, write characteristics and opcode payloads; camera-based observations document device responses and color limits.

ilo2ctl rebuilds HP iLO 2 remote-console and management controls in C++, including DVC video decoding, keyboard and mouse input, RIBCL power and health operations, and ISO virtual media. The author reports comparing ported applet components byte for byte with recorded outputs from HP's Java classes.

gpcli reconstructs the MyGP Android subscriber app's API behavior as a Python command-line client. Based on decompiled APK and smali analysis, it implements authentication, balances, packs, purchases, recharge, billing and other account flows; the author reports live validation of read paths and selected transactions.

Antigravity session interoperability reconstructs a subset of Antigravity CLI 1.1.16's local SQLite and protobuf session format on Linux x86-64. Its Python generator creates synthetic conversation and summary databases; the author reports that the CLI displayed and resumed the generated session.

MIRO SmartHome reconstructs control of devices registered in the MIRO SmartHome app through a Home Assistant integration. It uses the app-derived cloud API and server model definitions to create fan, humidifier, sensor and switch entities. The author reports hardware tests on the MF03 fan and NR07 humidifier; other listed models were checked against definitions.

ScanStudio provides a native macOS scanning workflow for the Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED. It combines documented observation of Nikon Scan 4 with a Swift app, Rust engine and optional CoolscanPy hardware bridge for previewing film, selecting frames and capturing scans; the author reports testing real scans on one Mac and scanner setup.

YouTubeClient adapts a decompiled Windows Phone 7 YouTube client XAP into a UWP application for Windows 10 Mobile and desktop. The port replaces WP7 navigation, settings storage, and dialogs with UWP equivalents while retaining the original page structure. The author reports an early draft with broken interface elements and nonworking search and top-video display.

wuibi reconstructs enough of Quibi’s mobile API to provide search and playback in a browser WebExtension. The author captured iOS and Android traffic, decompiled the Android APK, and recovered readable .proto definitions from embedded Protocol Buffer descriptors. The client then used those definitions to request playback information and hand streaming to Shaka Player; the service’s shutdown has left the client inoperative.

xLamp reconstructs LampSmartPro 1.4.0's pairing and lamp-control flow in a Flutter Android app. It documents a 31-byte command frame with AES-128, XOR, and CRC-16/CCITT processing, then broadcasts encoded commands through 13 Bluetooth service UUIDs to control pairing, power, brightness, color temperature, and scenes.

dyson-lamp-ble reconstructs local control of a Dyson BLE lamp from MyDyson Android app analysis and device observations. Its Python library and CLI obtain an account-issued long-term key, perform the BLE session handshake and send power or synchronized-mode commands. The protocol notes describe GATT characteristics, HKDF-SHA256 key derivation and message framing.

The Foreca S60 weather server reconstructs the legacy HTTP service expected by Foreca Weather 1.4.x on Nokia Symbian phones. A Python bridge translates location and forecast requests to the current Foreca API and other map sources, while a SIS patcher changes the server host in a user's app package. Protocol notes describe the search and weather-package endpoints.

lumalou reconstructs local Bluetooth LE control of the Fisher-Price Lumalou bedtime device after its companion app was discontinued. Python and TypeScript implementations perform the MPID handshake with P-256 key exchange and AES-128-CTR framing, then control lights, audio, schedules and routines. The repository includes protocol documentation, shared test vectors and a browser client.

Scarlett MixControl replaces Focusrite's MixControl 1.10.6 on modern macOS for first-generation Scarlett interfaces. The Swift app exposes matrix mixing, output and capture routing, metering and presets through USB control requests. Its command mapping comes from signal tables extracted from the original application and disassembly of routing functions.

Mi Fitness Sync reconstructs workout retrieval from the Mi Fitness Android app and implements a Python CLI for activity export and Strava uploads. Its JADX-based notes map Xiaomi Passport authentication, activity API calls and FDS download handling. The client decrypts workout blobs and exports available data as GPX, TCX or FIT.

SSL Console Control implements Python control of SSL Matrix-family and Sigma mixing consoles over their native UDP protocols. The author derived Matrix behavior from a Java control app and packet captures, and Sigma behavior from Android APK decompilation and ARM Thumb2 analysis. A terminal interface and CLI expose channels, routing and session controls.

logitech-ipc-protocol reconstructs the Logi Options+ agent's local IPC messages for querying devices and changing their active host. Its notes specify binary framing, JSON request paths and protobuf payload types across macOS sockets and Windows named pipes. The repository includes client scripts and records a Windows 2.7 change that routes access through the app's renderer relay.

WazeTripper connects Waze navigation to a Royal Enfield Tripper Pod by patching a Waze Android APK and sending commands over a reconstructed BLE interface. Its protocol notes cover the Pod's GATT transport, packet fields and confidence levels, while the build scripts download Waze and inject Java hooks for navigation events.

device-reveng investigates a Choiceway GT6-EAU Android car head unit and rebuilds its launcher and operating-system layer. Findings on OEM applications, AIDL interfaces, camera behavior and the MCU serial link support a Kotlin/Compose launcher and Riposte OS images assembled from the owner's firmware backup.

VTech Baby Pro Bridge reconstructs local streaming from an RM-series camera through TUTK/Kalay and VTech's X25519 and ChaCha20-Poly1305 layer. Its C bridge serves video through RTSP, WebRTC and HLS, while companion scripts probe the owner's paired Android app for connection values and use SDK libraries extracted from that app.

caniOn Rebirth reconstructs the Mitsubishi ZEV CAN protocol used by the caniOn v152 Android app for the i-MiEV, iOn and C-Zero. It documents frame identifiers and signal scaling, implements a JVM protocol engine with CLI and Android clients, and supplies a script that patches a user-provided APK to use standard ELM327 commands.

Nona investigates the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max camera's 108 MP remosaic behavior and implements a Camera2 app around the observed ISO and AecLux conditions. The research log describes vendor stream configurations, empty full-resolution RAW buffers and the processed YUV path; the app exposes live status, exposure assistance and image-processing controls.

elevenlabs-reader-cli is a Python command-line client for creating ElevenLabs Reader documents and streaming their audio through the Reader WebSocket. It follows the mobile app’s captured authentication flow, using Firebase tokens for account access and an App Check token and device ID for WebSocket streaming, with playback and optional live text preview.

Yi M1 wireless protocol research reconstructs the camera’s BLE pairing, Wi-Fi handoff, HTTP remote-control commands and UDP live-view frame format. Python scripts demonstrate pairing, starting remote control and extracting JPEG previews with accompanying settings from findings based on Yi Mirrorless Android decompilation and traffic captures.

TelloPython implements Python control of Tello drone functions available through its mobile app beyond the documented API. Its notes describe recovering command IDs and packet fields through Android app decompilation and Xposed hooks, then using those findings for joystick movement and flip commands.

baseus-desktop reconstructs Baseus earbuds control in a Windows and Linux desktop client. Frida scripts and Bluetooth captures inform packet tables for the Bass BP1 Pro ANC and BP1 Ultra; Rust crates implement framing, per-model decoding and BLE transport. The app exposes battery status, noise controls, EQ presets and other supported device settings.

Samsung Cloud Notes reconstructs access to Samsung's private note-sync services in Mac, iOS, Android and command-line clients. Its research documents static analysis and runtime observation of Windows components, observed cloud endpoints and XML structures. The clients browse and edit supported typed-text notes, keep local caches and export note content.

Music Tag Desktop reconstructs the behavior of Android Music Tag 1.2.5.2 as a Windows music-tag editor. Its investigation traces Java code, the native libmain.so library, resources, and music-service request logic; the Python and PySide6 app handles local tags, lyrics, artwork, and metadata matching.

vector-studio-re reconstructs the automation interface of Vector Studio 0.1.11 from its shipped Linux AppImage. Extraction scripts unpack app.asar and split the Electron bundle into modules; protocol notes document the loopback JSON RPC endpoint, authentication and operations. A standard-library Python client and stdio MCP bridge call the recovered interface.

AirTray reconstructs an Elgin Air app client as a Windows system-tray controller for compatible air conditioners. It signs in with the owner's account, discovers registered devices, reads their state and sends temperature, mode and power commands through the cloud service. The author reports live validation on one authorized device and account.

HikVision QR export decoder reconstructs the format of Hik-Connect device export QR codes and provides a Python decoder and renewal command. The author traces Base64 and zlib layers, field separators, device credentials, and expiration data, then describes using Ghidra to identify the native library’s encryption routine.

Techstream for Linux reconstructs selected Toyota and Lexus diagnostic resource formats, command behavior and transport handling in a Python GTK4 workbench. It browses local CT and DDB data, decodes recordings and replays diagnostic sessions using synthetic fixtures. The author reports that physical vehicle communication remains unconfirmed.

OpenApe reimplements the Call of Duty 4 mod tools' asset_manager.exe as a C++20 desktop editor. The author attributes its format knowledge to machine-assisted analysis of decompiled binaries. It reads GDF definitions and GDT game data, and previews models, animations and materials using the game's compiled shaders.

PictoChat's standalone DSi system title is being reconstructed as matching C source for its ARM components. The workflow extracts a player's own title and BIOS dumps, compiles candidate functions with mwccarm and compares bytes with relocation awareness. The author reports 1,048 matched functions out of a current estimate of 1,551.

Implements the proprietary protocol that AirPods use with Apple devices, which the author reports reverse-engineering, so that Android and Linux apps can switch noise-control modes, read ear detection and accurate battery levels, and use conversational awareness, head gestures and hearing-aid settings. The repository documents captured packet formats, opcodes and control commands alongside the Android app and the Linux app. Several features need root on Android or remain experimental.

hbkit reconstructs the Synology Hyper Backup .hbk archive format and implements a Python file-recovery tool. Its specification separates layouts established by file reconstruction from those read from HyperBackupExplorer disassembly or inferred from observations. The CLI and terminal interface browse, extract and check archived files against stored MD5 and CRC32 values.

The LSDj project reconstructs Little Sound Dj 9.4.0 with symbol maps, matching C functions and an RGBDS assembly tree generated from the user's ROM. Its tools trace reachable code, recover code/data boundaries and compare rebuilt bytes; documentation covers the music data model, save format and link-cable synchronization.

Moonglow Toolset reimplements the Aurora module editor for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition in Rust, egui and wgpu. It reads game data from a local installation and edits areas, blueprints, scripts and modules; its authors compare output against Aurora and the game and publish findings on GFF, 2DA and editor behavior.

cpr2rpp documents the empirically recovered Cubase 12 CPR project format and converts selected project data into REAPER RPP files. Its parser extracts audio-event timing and sources, mixer faders, pan, EQ bands, sends and pool clip metadata. Format notes describe the named-record grammar and compact arrangement-event encoding.

TraktorMappingFileFormat documents the controller-mapping data stored in Traktor Pro 2.x TSI files. A 010 Editor script extracts the encoded mapping payload, while a binary template describes big-endian record headers, devices, MIDI definitions, ports and mapping settings. Sample TSI files accompany the tools.

AvatarEditorRecomp statically recompiles the Fall 2010 Kinect-preview Xbox 360 Avatar Editor into a PC application with ReXGlue. Its code provides a native D3D12 renderer, avatar asset handling, item-catalog search and keyboard or XInput control. The build uses a user-provided editor executable and matching dashboard assets.

metars_cgi reconstructs the data server used by NCAR's Java METAR viewer. Its PHP scripts answer the viewer applet's requests from a MySQL or MariaDB METAR database, while a Python script fetches updates from NOAA. The author uses decompiled applet binaries to guide the reconstruction and notes unresolved handling of cloud-layer chunks.

Xbox Demos Decompilation reconstructs the Xbox application that launches videos and demos from the North American BLiNX: The Time Sweeper disc. Its nonmatching source aims to reproduce the launcher's behavior and documents Bink video support, an unused animated background and unfinished alternative graphics code.

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An unofficial field study that reads REA's source and then drives the running server through 1,012 recorded calls across 27 artifact classes, measuring its content-addressed Evidence records, revision-chained unknown ledger, typed refusals, cold starts and response limits. The author maps those mechanisms onto vulnerability-research agents as an argument for not overclaiming. It evaluates REA's tool surface.

Fedele Mantuano reports using Codex with REA in an offline Docker lab to statically analyze a public Windows malware sample without executing it. The article separates behavior supported by the extracted JavaScript bundle from claims that would depend on remote components that were never obtained, and reclassifies a suspected infostealer as a loader. It is a defensive static analysis case built on an author-reviewed agent report; reconstruction and dynamic detonation were outside its scope.

uniswap-v2-reborn reconstructs Uniswap v2 factory, pair and Router02 behavior from deployed EVM runtime bytecode using REA interface inspection, storage probing and written specifications. It provides a TypeScript model, Solidity 0.8 contracts and a differential harness that compares both with the original bytecode; the author reports 4,800 fuzzed operations without mismatches and exact replay of 426 historical swaps.

Ports Eidolon, Poo-Brain’s winning PC 64k intro from Revision 2017, from its packed 60,928-byte Windows executable to Rust, with chapters on how the original binary works and a separate size-optimized build. The author reports that coordinated OpenCode and Claude Code agents, using Ghidra through the REA MCP server among other tools, captured a controlled-clock reference of the original and matched all 27,000 frame hashes and the full PCM. Exactness rests on the project’s own GPU-specific captures, and the port embeds the original’s data.

A malware investigation examines njRAT and a UPX-packed Casdet executable with PEStudio static triage and ANY.RUN sandbox telemetry, alongside a malicious PDF and benign comparison files. The author reports process, registry and network behavior, extracted indicators and MITRE ATT&CK mappings in a report and screenshots.

An FSR 4.1.1 INT8 investigation reconstructs the upscaler’s GPU passes in HLSL and compares their outputs with AMD’s compiled kernels through a D3D12 harness. The author reports byte-identical offline results for the documented passes and supplies an FFX-compatible provider build that obtains network weights from a user-supplied official DLL. Colour-mode paths and live frames have narrower comparison evidence.

bcwc_pcie audits the community FaceTime HD Linux driver against Apple's AppleCameraInterface.kext for Broadcom PCI 14e4:1570 cameras. Its scripts trace MMIO register accesses through the kext and compare offsets, masks and sequencing with the vendored driver; the author reports finding 19 registers the Linux implementation does not cover.

XexTool-RE reimplements the closed XexTool utility from analysis of its binary and processes Xbox 360 .xex executables. Its C++ CLI and GUI inspect headers, extract basefiles and resources, convert compression or encryption, and document XEX layout and digest behavior. The author reports byte-identical output for most compared operations, with stated exceptions.

SP11X1e-audio reconstructs Surface Pro 11 speaker and internal microphone behavior on Linux from Windows runtime observations and binary analysis. Its patches and AudioReach topology address SoundWire amplifiers, LPASS microphone clocks and capture routing; reproduction scripts rebuild the accepted topology and kernel artifacts.

uniq-reconstruction rebuilds GNU coreutils 9.7 uniq in C from black-box observations of a stripped ELF executable. The author records 51 probes covering flags, grouping, delimiters and error behavior, then implements argument parsing and stream processing. The author reports that the candidate passed all 43 comparison tests for output, exit code, stderr and file effects.

Watcom C 6.5 run-time library restoration rebuilds damaged CLIBS.LIB and CLIBC.LIB from surviving archive modules. It maps sector loss, converts modules from intact memory-model libraries, reconstructs selected C routines from machine code and records provenance for each result; the author reports matching every surviving byte used for comparison.

dargh reconstructs the Dynamic Animation Replacer DLL for Skyrim Special Edition in C++ from analysis of versions 1.1.2 and 1.1.3. Its replacement uses hooks and trampolines for animation replacement and implements condition functions. The author reports apparent operation with Skyrim GOG 1.6.659 after limited testing.

ndec-re investigates an old MS-DOS COM encryption program through debugger-assisted assembly analysis and implements its encryption behavior in Go. The write-up traces the program's copied code, password-derived gamma and hashes, self-modifying instruction choice, initialization byte and mixing rounds. The repository also contains the original COM file and Go tests.

re-sysinternals-suite records an educational rebuild of the Sysinternals strings.exe executable. Its first episode contains C++ source, comments on the implementation, a Windows XP build patch and a link to a video walkthrough of the reverse-engineering process. The repository documents one rebuilt utility.

L1J-Encode-CLI reconstructs the Lineage 1 launcher's ServerData encoding as a Python encoder and decoder for IP addresses, ports, and feature flags. Its report describes disassembly, memory inspection, and differential analysis of Encode v3.63; the author reports byte-for-byte agreement in 106 comparisons with Encode.exe.

SNES Station Decompilation reconstructs the PlayStation 2 SNES Station v0.23 WIP executable through source recovery, historical toolchain matching and image comparison. Its analysis covers the emulator core, PS2 runtime, renderer and SJCRUNCH container. The author reports a byte-identical rebuilt packed ELF against a user-supplied reference.

OtterSec researchers describe an agent pipeline that reconstructed Rust source for the closed-source GoonFi V2 Solana program until a rebuild with the original toolchain reproduced the deployed ELF. Per-function instruction scoring, a deterministic merge judge and bans on assembly and other score-gaming constructs steered the agents; matching function order and panic-location paths closed the last differences. The article and a companion repository document the method and a verification script, while the internal tooling and agent transcripts remain unpublished.

libgpu2 reconstructs Sony's 1998 PlayStation 2 Graphics Synthesizer software model from 23 ELF32/i386 objects as buildable C++. The project documents the recovered pipeline and compares VRAM output from replayed graphics streams with the original model and PS2 hardware. The author reports bit-identical output to the original model on its dump corpus.

re_nfpii reimplements the Wii U nn_nfp.rpl library for amiibo emulation and research. Its module replaces the library's exports and redirects tag reads and writes to SD-card dumps, while a companion plugin provides selection and configuration. The author describes the work as experimental and says it currently covers the major parts of the library.

lv0pen rebuilds PlayStation 3 boot-chain programs and isolated SPU modules with the original compilers. The table lists lv0 4.93 at 100 percent, bootldr 1.0.0 at 458 of 458, metldr at 182 of 182, isoldr 4.93 at 273 of 273, and appldr 4.93 at 446 of 446. lv0ldr.2 3.6.5 is 472 of 474, and lv1ldr 4.93 is 293 of 300. Build steps are in BUILDING.md.

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