# FBlackBox/BlackBox

BlackBox is a virtual engine, it can clone and run virtual application on Android,  users don't have to install APK file to run the application on devices. BlackBox control all virtual applications, so you can do anything you want by using BlackBox.

Repository: https://github.com/FBlackBox/BlackBox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fblackbox-blackbox
License Family: other
Topics: blackbox, virtualapp, android, plugin, virtualbox, library, virtual-engine
Last push: 2024-04-12T08:36:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1656, "days_push": 873, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2610, forks 711 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.273956+00:00)

## What it is
BlackBox is an Android virtual engine library that can clone and run applications in a virtualized container without installing their APKs, giving the host app control over the virtualized instances. The project has been dissolved and deleted by its author following controversy affecting other developers.

## Use cases
- run apps without installing them on Android
- clone apps into a sandboxed virtual container
- build a parallel-space style app cloner
- control and manage virtualized Android applications programmatically
- run multiple instances of the same app on one device

## When to choose
- you need an Android virtual app engine and can accept an unmaintained codebase
- you want to study how virtual app containerization works on Android

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, supported virtualization library
- you want a project with an active community or license
- you need production reliability or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: plugin-system, mobile-framework
- domain: android-tools, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: virtual-app, app-cloning, virtual-engine, discontinued, virtualization, android

## Member repositories
- FBlackBox/BlackBox (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.273956+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 2026-08-30T02:20:52.413814+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FBlackBox/BlackBox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.273956+00:00, sha d601e5313777)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.