Kuna: Decompiler Development in the Age of Coding Agents
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July 30, 2026
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Summary
Kuna is an experimental decompiler developed with significant assistance from a large language model (LLM). It achieves control flow structuring on C programs that rivals the industry standard, IDA Pro (9.2), in recent benchmark results.
Key Takeaways
- Kuna is an experimental decompiler that achieves 44.4% perfect control flow structuring on C programs, closely rivaling IDA Pro's 45.7% performance.
- The development of Kuna relies heavily on an LLM that autonomously refines its capabilities by studying and learning from other decompilers, including IDA Pro, Ghidra, and angr.
- Kuna is a Rust port of Ghidra, designed to align more closely with the angr decompiler's pipeline, and aims to explore the potential of automatic refinement in decompilation.
- Significant improvements are still needed in areas such as types, optimizations, and variable identification for Kuna to fully realize its potential as a decompiler.
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