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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "repo": "i12bp8/decomp.wtf",
 "name": "decomp.wtf",
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 "slug": "i12bp8-decomp-wtf",
 "github": "https://github.com/i12bp8/decomp.wtf",
 "what": "decomp.wtf is a discontinued, MIT-licensed Python app that lets an AI agent decompile games you own into C source, checking each function byte for byte against the original ROM or disc, running locally.",
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 "language": "Python",
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  "A game you own, as a ROM, disc image or program file (the README says to use it only on games you own)",
  "Linux, or Windows with WSL 2 (Windows support is marked unstable); macOS is not supported",
  "An AI agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI or opencode, or an API key for another model",
  "A terminal and basic familiarity with C and MIPS or PowerPC assembly"
 ],
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 "risk": "dual-use",
 "section": "earlier",
 "weekly_rank": null,
 "category": "Games and hobbies",
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/",
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   "id": "i12bp8-decomp-wtf--decompile-own-n64-game-with-agent",
   "title": "Decompile your own N64 game with an AI agent",
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   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/decompile-own-n64-game-with-agent/",
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   "id": "i12bp8-decomp-wtf--continue-public-decomp-with-agents",
   "title": "Continue a community decomp using your own game copy",
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   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/continue-public-decomp-with-agents/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/continue-public-decomp-with-agents.json"
  },
  {
   "id": "i12bp8-decomp-wtf--link-gamecube-wii-game-to-c-source",
   "title": "Build a GameCube or Wii game from its own C source",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/link-gamecube-wii-game-to-c-source/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/link-gamecube-wii-game-to-c-source.json"
  },
  {
   "id": "i12bp8-decomp-wtf--hand-write-and-check-function-c",
   "title": "Write one function in C and check it against the ROM",
   "best": false,
   "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/hand-write-and-check-function-c/",
   "json": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/u/i12bp8-decomp-wtf/hand-write-and-check-function-c.json"
  }
 ],
 "disclaimer": "Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk."
}