# DesignativeDave/androrat

Remote Administration Tool for Android devices

Repository: https://github.com/DesignativeDave/androrat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/designativedave-androrat
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-09-26T17:33:43+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": 4996, "days_push": 1437, "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 1634, forks 1066 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:14.322271+00:00)

## What it is
Androrat is a client/server Remote Administration Tool for Android devices, with the client written in Java Android and the server in Java/Swing. It allows remote control of an Android device to retrieve contacts, messages, call logs, GPS location, and to stream audio/video or take pictures.

## Use cases
- remotely administer an android device
- retrieve contacts and call logs from a phone
- monitor sms messages in live
- get gps location of a device
- stream microphone audio from a phone
- take pictures remotely from a device camera
- study android rat architecture for security research

## When to choose
- you are a security researcher studying android remote administration tools
- you need a reference implementation of an android client/server control protocol
- you want to demonstrate android device compromise in an authorized pentest lab

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained or supported tool for production use
- you lack explicit authorization to monitor a device
- you need a modern Android version compatible agent
- you require a license-compliant dependency for your project

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, penetration-testing, monitoring
- domain: security, penetration-testing, android-tools
- platform: cross-platform, jvm
- tags: rat, remote-administration, android-client, java-swing, client-server, sms-triggered, surveillance, android

## Member repositories
- DesignativeDave/androrat (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.322271+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 2026-08-30T03:47:02.657465+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DesignativeDave/androrat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.322271+00:00, sha 0e3eb7b9fb04)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.