rednaga/APKiD
Android Application Identifier for Packers, Protectors, Obfuscators and Oddities - PEiD for Android observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 46
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 349
- age_days: 3723
- days_rel: 146
- days_push: 37
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
2565 stars · 344 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
APKiD is a command-line tool that identifies how an Android APK was built, detecting compilers, packers, obfuscators, and app-shielding/RASP SDKs using YARA rules. It is essentially 'PEiD for Android', distributed as a Python package on PyPI.
Use cases
- identify which packer or protector was used on an apk
- detect obfuscated or app-shielded android apps
- triage suspicious apk files during malware analysis
- fingerprint the compiler used to build a dex file
- scan a directory of apks for anti-analysis protections
- detect pirated or repackaged android apps
When to choose
- you need fast static identification of packers, protectors, or RASP SDKs in Android apps
- you want a scriptable CLI or Python library for bulk APK triage
- you are doing malware analysis or mobile security research on Android samples
When to avoid
- you need dynamic analysis or runtime behavior monitoring of Android apps
- you want a GUI-based reverse engineering tool rather than a CLI
- you need to analyze iOS or non-Android binaries
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
security reverse-engineering parser cli security reverse-engineering android-tools developer-tools python cli windows android apk yara malware-analysis packers obfuscation-detection forensics linux macos docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rednaga/APKiD · fetched 2026-08-28 · eabf17de8b7c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rednaga/APKiD | main | 78 |
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