shwenzhang/AndResGuard
proguard resource for Android by wechat team observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3979
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1048
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
8645 stars · 1549 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
AndResGuard is a tool from the WeChat team that obfuscates and shrinks Android APK resources, working like ProGuard but for resource files (renaming res paths and files). It repackages APKs with 7zip for further size reduction and requires no source code, operating directly on the APK.
Use cases
- shrink android apk size
- obfuscate android resource names to prevent apktool reverse engineering
- repackage apk with 7zip compression
- reduce resources.arsc size in android builds
- protect android app resources from being reversed
When to choose
- you need to reduce APK size by shortening resource paths and recompressing
- you want to obfuscate Android resources against reverse engineering tools like Apktool
- you want a Gradle-integrated resource shrinking step in your Android build
When to avoid
- you need to obfuscate Java/Kotlin code rather than resources (use ProGuard/R8)
- your app relies on resource names at runtime via reflection or third-party SDKs not whitelisted
- you target Android App Bundles (AAB) distribution where APK-level repackaging doesn't apply
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
security compression build-tool cli mobile-development security developer-tools cli cross-platform jvm android apk-optimization resource-obfuscation gradle-plugin apk-shrinking reverse-engineering-protection
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/shwenzhang/AndResGuard · fetched 2026-08-28 · 50b40cf7cb41
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| shwenzhang/AndResGuard | main | 23 |
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