I’ve been contemplating the fact that Reflector is no longer a free tool, and paying the $35 (USD) for the tool. I’ll be honest: paying for software has never been an issue for me. I even use SQL Prompt from RedGate. I write software, and need to get paid for it, for a living.
But…
The fact that RedGate said that they would continue offering Reflector for free and did an about turn on it has riled me a tad. They haven’t even offered existing users a “this-is-the-final-free-version-and-will-never-get-updated” option. Sad.
I went through the suggestions from this Stack Overflow article, and personally feel that ILSpy is the best alternative.
Here’s the list (copied from the summary from the article above):
- Common Compiler Infrastructure (CCI)
- Mono Cecil
- ILSpy
- Kaliro
- Dotnet IL Editor (DILE)
- Monoflector (no longer active as of April 2011)
Try them out – see what you think…