# Qihoo360/RePlugin

RePlugin - A flexible, stable, easy-to-use Android Plug-in Framework

Repository: https://github.com/Qihoo360/RePlugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/replugin
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-09-16T07:26:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 42, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3373, "days_push": 351, "days_rel": 728, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7338, forks 1554 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:58.324739+00:00)

## What it is
RePlugin is a flexible, stable Android plug-in framework from Qihoo360 that lets apps load and manage plug-ins dynamically with only a single ClassLoader hook and no Binder hooks. It supports Activities, Services, Providers, and Receivers with near-native behavior and includes plug-in installation, upgrade, and version management.

## Use cases
- load android plugins dynamically without reinstalling the app
- add new features to an android app without releasing an update
- split a large android app into independently updatable modules
- hot-update android app components at runtime
- reduce android app size by moving features into downloadable plugins
- manage plugin installation and versioning inside an android app

## When to choose
- you need battle-tested Android plugin loading with very low crash rates
- you want plug-in support for Activities, Services, Providers, and Receivers with minimal hooks
- you need mature plug-in lifecycle management including install, upgrade, and uninstall

## When to avoid
- you target only recent Android versions where modern alternatives like dynamic feature modules are preferred
- you need a framework under very active development, as the project is largely in maintenance
- you cannot add the custom 360 maven repository required after jcenter shutdown

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: plugin-system, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: android-plugin-framework, dynamic-loading, classloader-hook, hotfix, app-modularization, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- Qihoo360/RePlugin (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.324739+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 2026-08-29T17:38:28.284338+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Qihoo360/RePlugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:58.324739+00:00, sha 6dc8ec903f33)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.