Editing Interactive Disassembler (section)

== History ==
[[Ilfak Guilfanov]] began working on IDA in 1990,<ref>{{cite interview |last=Гильфанов |first=Ильфак |subject-link=Ilfak_Guilfanov |title=IDA Pro - samyj moshhnyj dizassembler v mire |url=https://fcenter.ru/online/softarticles/interview/6704 |access-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515200735/https://fcenter.ru/online/softarticles/interview/6704 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |publisher=Компания "Ф-Центр" |date=22 May 2003 |quote=Он начался как хобби в далеком 1991 году, просто увлечением для себя и для друзей. |interviewer-first=Алексей |interviewer-last=Доля |script-title=ru:IDA Pro - самый мощный дизассемблер в мире |trans-title=IDA Pro - the most powerful disassembler in the world |language=ru |at=sec. 2.30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IDA Pro - Часто задаваемые вопросы |url=http://www.idapro.ru/faq.html#053 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219030300/http://www.idapro.ru/faq.html#053 |archive-date=December 19, 2003 |quote=Первые строки для IDA были написаны в декабре 1990.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Czokow |first=Geoffrey |date=2021-05-20 |title=IDA: celebrating 30 years of binary analysis innovation |url=https://hex-rays.com/blog/ida-celebrating-30-years-of-binary-analysis-innovation/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Hex-Rays |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hex Rays - State-of-the-art binary code analysis solutions |url=https://hex-rays.com/about-us/our-journey/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=hex-rays.com |archive-date=2023-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531100330/https://hex-rays.com/about-us/our-journey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and initially distributed it as a [[shareware]] application. In 1996, the [[Belgium|Belgian]] company DataRescue took over the development of IDA and began to sell it as a commercial product, under the name IDA Pro.<ref>{{Citation |last=Guilfanov |first=Ilfak |title=CODE BLUE 2014 : Ilfak Guilfanov - Keynote : The story of IDA Pro |date=22 June 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLBlck1lTUs |access-date=2023-03-16 |language=en |quote="Datarescue converted my hobby project into a commercial program in 1996."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DataRescue IDA Pro Page |url=http://www.datarescue.com/ida.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970214111312/http://www.datarescue.com/ida.htm |archive-date=1997-02-14 |website=DataRescue}}</ref>

Initial versions of IDA did not have a [[Graphical user interface|graphical user interface (GUI)]], and ran as an [[extended DOS]], [[OS/2]], or Windows [[console application]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=DataRescue IDA Page : download an evaluation version |url=http://www.datarescue.com/idadown.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970214112722/http://www.datarescue.com/idadown.htm |archive-date=1997-02-14 |access-date= |website=DataRescue}}</ref> In 1999, DataRescue released the first version of IDA Pro with a GUI, IDA Pro 4.0.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=DataRescue IDA Pro What's new Page |url=http://datarescue.com:80/idanew.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010010636/http://datarescue.com:80/idanew.htm |archive-date=1999-10-10 |access-date= |website=DataRescue}}</ref>

In 2005, Guilfanov founded Hex-Rays to pursue the development of the Hex-Rays Decompiler IDA extension.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gegevens van de geregistreerde entiteit {{!}} KBO Public Search |url=https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/toonondernemingps.html?ondernemingsnummer=873473914 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=kbopub.economie.fgov.be}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Hex-Rays Decompiler |url=http://www.hex-rays.com/products.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011044755/http://www.hex-rays.com/products.shtml |archive-date=2007-10-11 |access-date= |website=Hex-Rays}}</ref> In January 2008, Hex-Rays assumed the development and support of DataRescue's IDA Pro.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=DataRescue Home Page : home of the IDA Pro Disassembler and of PhotoRescue |url=http://www.datarescue.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221202137/http://www.datarescue.com:80/ |archive-date=2008-02-21 |access-date= |website=DataRescue |quote="News 07/01/2008: IDA Pro moves to Hex-Rays."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Hex-Rays Home Page |url=http://www.hex-rays.com/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212081246/http://www.hex-rays.com/index.shtml |archive-date=2008-02-12 |access-date= |website=Hex-Rays}}</ref>

In 2022, Hex-Rays was acquired by a group of investors led by Smartfin, a European [[venture capital]] and [[private equity investor]]. Co-investors in the acquisition included the Belgian public holding company {{Interlanguage link|The Federal Holding & Investment Company (SFPIM)|fr|Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement}}, and the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] public investment firm [[Regional Investment Company of Wallonia|Regional Investment Company of Wallonia (SRIW)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A consortium of investors acquires Hex-Rays – Hex Rays |date=19 October 2022 |url=https://hex-rays.com/blog/hex-rays-acquisition/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721143654/https://hex-rays.com/blog/hex-rays-acquisition/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-20 |title=News Industry {{!}} Smartfin led consortium acquires Hex-Rays to accelerate product innovation efforts |url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/10/21/hex-rays-smartfin/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Help Net Security |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721143654/https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/10/21/hex-rays-smartfin/ |url-status=live }}</ref>