Apktool VS apk2gold

Compare Apktool vs apk2gold and see what are their differences.

Apktool

A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files (by iBotPeaches)

apk2gold

CLI tool for decompiling Android apps to Java. It does resources! It does Java! Its real easy! (by lxdvs)
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Apktool apk2gold
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18,607 643
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9.1 0.0
3 days ago over 5 years ago
Java Shell
Apache License 2.0 -
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Apktool

Posts with mentions or reviews of Apktool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.

apk2gold

Posts with mentions or reviews of apk2gold. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-13.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Apktool and apk2gold you can also consider the following projects:

jadx - Dex to Java decompiler

dex2jar - Tools to work with android .dex and java .class files

backdoor-apk - backdoor-apk is a shell script that simplifies the process of adding a backdoor to any Android APK file. Users of this shell script should have working knowledge of Linux, Bash, Metasploit, Apktool, the Android SDK, smali, etc. This shell script is provided as-is without warranty of any kind and is intended for educational purposes only.

Uber Apk Signer - A cli tool that helps signing and zip aligning single or multiple Android application packages (APKs) with either debug or provided release certificates. It supports v1, v2 and v3 Android signing scheme has an embedded debug keystore and auto verifies after signing.

binwalk - Firmware Analysis Tool [Moved to: https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk]

androguard - Reverse engineering and pentesting for Android applications

Ghidra-Cpp-Class-Analyzer - Ghidra C++ Class and Run Time Type Information Analyzer

enjarify

apk-mitm - 🤖 A CLI application that automatically prepares Android APK files for HTTPS inspection

bettercap - The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE, IPv4 and IPv6 networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

android-classyshark - Android and Java bytecode viewer