find-reverse-engineered

1# Find a reverse-engineered tool
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3The index is [awesome-reverse-engineered](https://github.com/alexgaoth/awesome-reverse-engineered). It holds 17,000+ open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product. Each entry has: name, repo URL, one-line description, category, GitHub stars, primary language, license, last push date and archived flag.
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5The tool is `scripts/re_index.py`, in the same directory as this SKILL.md. It uses only the Python standard library. The first run downloads the index and caches it for 24 hours in `~/.cache/awesome-reverse-engineered/`.
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7If you do not have this skill's files, run the script from GitHub:
8`curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexgaoth/awesome-reverse-engineered/main/plugin/skills/find-reverse-engineered/scripts/re_index.py | python3 - search <words>`
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10## Workflow
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121. **Search** with 1–4 words. Use the product or brand name plus what you need.
13   ```bash
14   python3 scripts/re_index.py search tuya local
15   python3 scripts/re_index.py search psd parser --lang Python
16   python3 scripts/re_index.py search whatsapp --min-stars 500
17   python3 scripts/re_index.py search pokemon emerald --category decompilation
18   ```
19   Options: `--category <text>` matches the category or subcategory. `--lang <name>` matches the language exactly. `--min-stars N`. `--include-archived`. `--limit N`. `--json` gives machine-readable output.
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