CodemerxDecompile vs dnSpy

CodemerxDecompile

The first standalone .NET decompiler for Mac, Linux and Windows (by codemerx)

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decompiler.codemerx.com

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dnSpy

Unofficial revival of the well known .NET debugger and assembly editor, dnSpy (by dnSpyEx)

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CodemerxDecompile		dnSpy
	Project
1	Mentions	7
187	Stars	5,473
44.9%	Growth	5.6%
9.4	Activity	9.0
20 days ago	Latest Commit	16 days ago
C#	Language	C#
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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CodemerxDecompile

Posts with mentions or reviews of CodemerxDecompile. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-15.

In the Jungle of .NET Decompilers
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 15 Nov 2021

https://github.com/codemerx/CodemerxDecompile ... JustDecompile replacement.... Same devs.

dnSpy

Posts with mentions or reviews of dnSpy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-19.

Help understanding an image format
4 projects | /r/AskReverseEngineering | 19 Apr 2023

In the future, if you have .NET apps, try dnSpyEx. Compared to Ghidra, it produces excellent output - a lot of the time, it's more-or-less equivalent to the original source. Only issue I have with it is that it's Windows-only and doesn't work great under Wine, so I use it in a VM. If you already use Windows, then it's probably not going to bother you.
What C# tools would you like to use that don't exist today?
9 projects | /r/csharp | 25 Feb 2023
Possible to check code without IDE installed?
1 project | /r/VisualStudio | 16 Feb 2023
Decompile .NET DLLs/EXEs using ILSpy
1 project | /r/ReverseEngineering | 7 Jan 2023

This shouldn't be the case for much longer though according to recent comments on this issue: https://github.com/dnSpyEx/dnSpy/issues/5
Debug C# interface implemenation located in nuget package
1 project | /r/dotnet | 13 Oct 2022

Not quite an answer, but I've heard that dnSpyEx allows to debug everything. Just have a look - https://github.com/dnSpyEx/dnSpy
In the Jungle of .NET Decompilers
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 15 Nov 2021

Thanks I've updated the article with links to dnSpyEx https://github.com/dnSpyEx/dnSpy.
Might And Magic X Legacy - manual code fix to gain back access to Act 2, DLC and Uplay rewards
1 project | /r/MightAndMagic | 4 Jul 2021

Download and extract somewhere DnSpy 6.1.8. If you can't find it, the latest version of this revival project should be fine too (untested).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CodemerxDecompile and dnSpy you can also consider the following projects:

JustDecompile Engine - The decompilation engine of JustDecompile

testcontainers-dotnet - A library to support tests with throwaway instances of Docker containers for all compatible .NET Standard versions.

REXS - A language for writing regular expressions.

mapperly - A .NET source generator for generating object mappings. No runtime reflection.

pokeemerald - Decompilation of Pokémon Emerald

DependenSee - Dotnet project and package dependency visualizer.

decomp.me - Collaborative decompilation and reverse engineering website

esp32_image_parser - A toolkit for helping you reverse engineer ESP32 firmware.

react-native-decompiler - Decompile React Native Android/IOS Bundle.

FastExpressionCompiler - Fast Compiler for C# Expression Trees and the lightweight LightExpression alternative. Diagnostic and code generation tools for the expressions.

WebTruss

QueryR - Ad-Hoc querying library for .Net