# sh4hin/Androl4b

A Virtual Machine For Assessing Android applications, Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis

Repository: https://github.com/sh4hin/Androl4b
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/androl4b
License Family: other
Topics: mobile-security, android, malware-analyzer, penetration-testing, reverse-engineering, application-security
Last push: 2023-05-31T01:20:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3872, "days_push": 1191, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1166, forks 264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:50.343546+00:00)

## What it is
AndroL4b is an Ubuntu MATE-based virtual machine preloaded with Android security, reverse engineering, and malware analysis tools such as Radare2, Frida, MobSF, Drozer, and APKtool. It also bundles vulnerable Android apps and labs for hands-on security training.

## Use cases
- analyze android apk for malware
- reverse engineer android apps
- learn android penetration testing
- set up a mobile security lab
- practice on vulnerable android apps
- static analysis of android applications

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made environment for Android security testing without installing tools manually
- you are learning mobile reverse engineering or malware analysis through labs
- you need a curated collection of Android security tools in one VM

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date tooling, as the VM image and base OS are outdated
- you only need one or two tools, better installed directly
- you require a supported or licensed distribution for production use

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, reverse-engineering, security, vulnerability-scanning, developer-tools
- domain: security, mobile-development, reverse-engineering, penetration-testing, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: android-security, virtual-machine, malware-analysis, security-labs, apk-analysis, ubuntu-mate, preconfigured-tools, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- sh4hin/Androl4b (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:50.343546+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:29:18.093109+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sh4hin/Androl4b (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:50.343546+00:00, sha 835a5348ff09)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.