A decompiler plug-in, which generates a high level, C source code-like representation of the analysed program, is available at extra cost.

[13][14][15] Ilfak Guilfanov began working on IDA in 1990,[16][17][18][19] and initially distributed it as a shareware application.

[20][21] Initial versions of IDA did not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and ran as an extended DOS, OS/2, or Windows console application.

For example, external symbol tables can be loaded thereby using the function names of the original source code.

[34] IDA Pro's logo is a cropped image of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon.

The logo image is similar to a miniature painting of Françoise d'Aubigné attested to a painter in the circle of Pierre Mignard.