apk2gold vs peda

apk2gold

CLI tool for decompiling Android apps to Java. It does resources! It does Java! Its real easy! (by lxdvs)

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PEDA - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB (by longld)

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apk2gold		peda
	Project
1	Mentions	7
655	Stars	5,739
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Shell	Language	Python
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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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.

Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021

Apk2Gold - Yet another Android decompiler.

peda

Posts with mentions or reviews of peda. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-04.

Emulating an emulator inside itself. Meet Blink
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2023
Are there any cpu emulators that could help me learn i386 assembly?
5 projects | /r/asm | 5 Nov 2022
GDB Verbose Output
1 project | /r/gdb | 29 Aug 2022

Looks like they are using PEDA.
Hacked GDB Dashboard Puts It All on Display
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Mar 2022

There are a lot of these types of tools already in the reverse engineering community (in order of lowest chance of breaking when you throw really weird stuff at it):
GEF: https://gef.readthedocs.io/en/master/
PWNDBG: https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg
PEDA: https://github.com/longld/peda
They also come with a slew of different features to aid in RE/exploit dev, but many of them are also useful for debugging really weird issues.
Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021

PEDA - GDB plugin (only python2.7).
Awesome Penetration Testing
124 projects | dev.to | 6 Oct 2021

peda - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB.
GDB PEDA not being used by default?
1 project | /r/HowToHack | 9 May 2021

Did you follow the instructions? Step 2 adds PEDA to your ~/.gdbinit so it will/should load every time you open gdb. So if it doesn't work check your ~/.gdbinit file.

What are some alternatives?

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

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.

gef - GEF (GDB Enhanced Features) - a modern experience for GDB with advanced debugging capabilities for exploit devs & reverse engineers on Linux

jadx - Dex to Java decompiler

pwndbg - Exploit Development and Reverse Engineering with GDB Made Easy

enjarify

pwntools - CTF framework and exploit development library

Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files

dvcs-ripper - Rip web accessible (distributed) version control systems: SVN/GIT/HG...

android-classyshark - Android and Java bytecode viewer

objection - 📱 objection - runtime mobile exploration

dexterity - Dex manipulation library

Metasploit - Metasploit Framework