# reversenseorg/dexcalibur

Reversense (Dexcalibur2) is a fully rewriting and rethinking of Dexcalibur.  Reversense is a binary intelligence platform that automates the reverse engineering of mobile and embedded applications.

Repository: https://github.com/reversenseorg/dexcalibur
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dexcalibur
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: frida, hooking, security-tools, mobile-security, android-security, apk, smali, android, analysis, instrumentation-automation, reverse-engineering, dex, hook, frida-node, reverse, ios, binary-analysis, frida-gadget, fuzzing
Last push: 2026-09-03T01:53:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2754, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1168, forks 130 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:17.405808+00:00)

## What it is
Reversense (Dexcalibur 2) is a binary intelligence platform that automates reverse engineering of mobile and embedded applications. It combines static analysis, dynamic instrumentation via Frida, emulation, and scanning into a single unified representation of the target.

## Use cases
- analyze android apk internals
- hook android app methods with frida
- reverse engineer obfuscated mobile apps
- fuzz mobile application code
- generate sbom for embedded app dependencies
- instrument ios app behavior dynamically
- analyze smali and dex bytecode

## When to choose
- you need automated dynamic instrumentation of mobile or embedded apps
- you want static and dynamic analysis unified in one tool
- you are doing offensive security or malware analysis on Android/iOS binaries
- obfuscated binaries resist plain static analysis

## When to avoid
- you only need simple static decompilation without instrumentation
- you need a lightweight script rather than a full platform
- your targets are desktop or server binaries outside mobile/embedded scope

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: reverse-engineering, security, fuzzing, developer-tools
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: frida, hooking, apk, smali, dex, binary-analysis, dynamic-instrumentation, mobile-security, static-analysis, emulation, nodejs, android, ios

## Member repositories
- reversenseorg/dexcalibur (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:17.405808+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 2026-08-30T06:28:49.132151+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reversenseorg/dexcalibur (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:17.405808+00:00, sha 3bf43420873e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.