# JakeWharton/ProcessPhoenix

Process Phoenix facilitates restarting your application process.

Repository: https://github.com/JakeWharton/ProcessPhoenix
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/processphoenix
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T18:08:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4074, "days_push": 8, "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 2134, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:17.396719+00:00)

## What it is
A small Android library by Jake Wharton that restarts the application process, optionally launching a specific Intent. It is intended mainly for debug builds where fundamental state changes require a full process restart.

## Use cases
- restart my android app process programmatically
- apply staging to production environment switch without reinstalling
- relaunch app after a fundamental state change in debug builds
- check if app is running inside the phoenix restart process
- trigger app rebirth with a specific intent

## When to choose
- you need a reliable, minimal way to fully restart an Android app process
- you toggle environment or config flags in debug builds that require a fresh process
- you want a tiny, well-known Apache-2.0 utility from a trusted author

## When to avoid
- you only need to restart an Activity, not the whole process
- you want restart behavior in production user-facing flows (the library is aimed at debug use)
- your project is not Android/JVM-based

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: android, process-restart, jvm, debugging

## Member repositories
- JakeWharton/ProcessPhoenix (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.396719+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 2026-08-30T02:51:55.945833+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JakeWharton/ProcessPhoenix (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.396719+00:00, sha b8aa06c2622f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.