# hluwa/frida-dexdump

A frida tool to dump dex in memory to support security engineers analyzing malware.

Repository: https://github.com/hluwa/frida-dexdump
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/frida-dexdump
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-03-04T02:59:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2430, "days_push": 1278, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4560, forks 950 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.449747+00:00)

## What it is
A Frida-based CLI tool that finds and dumps DEX files from an Android app's memory, enabling unpacking of packed or obfuscated APKs. It supports deep-search mode for dex with broken headers and works across all Android versions that Frida supports.

## Use cases
- dump dex files from a packed android app
- unpack malware apk for static analysis
- extract dex from memory of a running android app
- recover dex with corrupted headers using deep search
- analyze obfuscated android applications

## When to choose
- you need to unpack a protected or packed Android app for malware analysis
- you want a quick, non-invasive memory dex dump without modifying the device system
- you already use Frida and want a one-command unpacker

## When to avoid
- you need static unpacking without a rooted device or Frida environment
- you are analyzing non-Android binaries
- you need a GUI-based reverse engineering workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: reverse-engineering, security, cli
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: frida, dex-dump, android-unpacker, malware-analysis, dynamic-analysis, android, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hluwa/frida-dexdump (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.449747+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 2026-08-29T18:20:00.331613+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hluwa/frida-dexdump (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.449747+00:00, sha 1fe7fa297058)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/frida-dexdump/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:33.158771+00:00, sha 07317056fc68)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.