JEB vs Refinery
JEB
pnfsoftware.comRefinery
github.comSide by side
| Figure | JEB | Refinery |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $100/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 1 |
| Spec score · Reverse Engineering Tools | 9.0 (#2) | 7.6 (#32) |
| Purpose | JEB is a reverse-engineering platform for disassembly, decompilation, debugging, and analysis of code and document files. | Refinery is a SQL migration toolkit for Rust that runs migrations on a provided database connection. |
Plans
JEB
- JEB Community EditionFree
- JEB Community EditionFree
- JEB DemoFree
- JEB Android$140 a month
- JEB Android$140 a month
- JEB Android$1,200 a year
- JEB Android$1,200 a year
- JEB Pro$2,000 a year
- JEB Pro$2,000 a year
- JEB Pro Floating$4,000 a year
In their own words
JEB
JEB is a reverse-engineering platform for disassembly, decompilation, debugging, and analysis of code and document files. Its Android tools support static and dynamic app analysis, including multi-dex decompilation, resource reconstruction, and debugging of Dalvik and native code. Other modules address Intel x86 and x86-64, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, WebAssembly, Ethereum contracts, Siemens S7 PLC programs, and PDF documents. Python or Java scripts and plugins can automate analysis, including through headless front ends. The GUI runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS for x64 and arm64 systems and requires JDK 21 or above. JEB Community Edition is free and described as suitable for researchers, students, hobbyists, and nonprofit reverse engineers; its listed plan covers x86 and x86-64 decompilation. The separate demo restricts decompilation, disables project saving and loading and clipboard use, limits session time, and requires an internet connection. Paid plans include Android modules from $140 per user per month and JEB Pro from $2,000 per user per year. PNF Software was founded in 2013 and is based in Silicon Valley, California.
Refinery
Refinery is a free, MIT-licensed SQL migration toolkit for Rust applications. It runs migrations against a database connection supplied by the application, either from embedded Rust code or through the refinery_cli command-line tool. Migrations can be SQL files or Rust modules whose migration function returns a String. Refinery records applied versions and metadata, then checks for missing or divergent migrations before running unapplied work. By default, each migration runs in its own transaction; grouped mode can place all migrations in one transaction. Migrations can also be built into a binary, so separate files are not needed at deployment. Listed drivers include postgres, tokio-postgres, mysql, mysql_async, rusqlite, and tiberius; SQLx can be used with a Config implementing Migrate. Driver selection is handled through features. Maintainers describe limited capacity to maintain additional drivers and point to external repositories, naming Klickhouse as an example. Refinery aims to support stable Rust, the previous Rust version, and nightly. To reverse a migration, users must create another migration with the reversing changes.