01 November 2011

Free of Charge Decompiler Alternative to .Net Reflector

When Redgate announced they are going to stop Reflector free version, I am very disappointed as I am using Reflector for so long even before Redgate took over. I cannot use reflector anymore and no similar replacement at that moment.

Now, there are other vendors such as JetBrain, and Telerik fill up the gap for .Net developers community with their free alternatives to Redgate Reflector.


dotPeek is a new free-of-charge .NET decompiler from JetBrains the maker of ReSharper. I downloaded this tool and used this to decompile .Net 3.5 DLL. The result and usage are pretty much similar to Reflector. So far, I am quite happy with the decompiled result.


JustDecompile from Telerik is a new, free developer productivity tool designed to enable easy .NET assembly browsing and decompiling . But, this tool is still in beta stage. I need to register before I download the tool. According to company tag line "Powerful, Free .NET Decompiler. Forever" make me feel save to use in daily development.

I wish both companies keeps these tools forever and not going to make it as cash cow like Redgate. I am testing both tools now, I will post what I like and dislike about these tools later.

Happy Decompiling :D

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