title: Is there a “free” alternative to .NET Reflector?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2646707/something-better-than-net-reflector">Something Better than .NET Reflector?</a>  </p>
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2425973/open-source-alternatives-to-reflector">Open Source Alternatives to Reflector?</a>  </p>
    
    <p>I don't consider this to be a duplicate, as the contact of the other questions is about learning how reflector works, and this question is about coping when reflector stops being free</p>
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  <p>Now that Red-Gate has said .NET Reflector will <a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/reflector/announcement" rel="nofollow noreferrer">no longer be free</a>, is there an alternative that save the pain of getting a purchase order approved?</p>
  
  <p>It seems that <a href="http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2011/02/resharper-6-bundles-decompiler-free-standalone-tool-to-follow/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">jetbrains may be bringing out a tool</a>:</p>
  
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    <p>Good news is that we’re preparing a
    standalone binary-as-a-source
    application, i.e. a decompiler +
    assembly browser to explore whatever
    .NET compiled code is legal to
    explore. We don’t have any specific
    date for release, but it’s going to be
    released this year, and it’s going to
    be free of charge. And by saying
    “free”, we actually mean “free”.</p>
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  <p>Also <a href="http://wiki.sharpdevelop.net/ilspy.ashx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ilspy</a> is a new open source tool that seems to be making good progress.
  ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Development started after Red Gate
    announced that the free version of
    .NET Reflector would cease to exist by
    end of February 2011.</p>
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