# asLody/SandHook

Android ART Hook/Native Inline Hook/Single Instruction Hook - support 4.4 - 11.0 32/64 bit - Xposed API Compat

Repository: https://github.com/asLody/SandHook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sandhook
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: hook, android, art, aop, java-hook, xposed, inline-hook
Last push: 2023-01-19T07:04:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2790, "days_push": 1322, "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 2229, forks 452 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:28.946162+00:00)

## What it is
SandHook is an Android ART runtime hooking library supporting Java method hooks and native inline hooks on Android 4.4 through 11.0 for both 32-bit and 64-bit ARM. It provides an annotation-based hook API and an Xposed API compatibility layer, allowing existing Xposed modules to run on top of it.

## Use cases
- hook Android app methods at runtime
- run Xposed modules without root Xposed framework
- intercept Android framework or app method calls
- patch app behavior for testing or instrumentation
- inline hook native functions in Android processes

## When to choose
- building Android instrumentation or AOP tooling
- porting Xposed modules to a standalone hook engine

## When to avoid
- you target Android versions newer than 11
- you need hooks on non-ARM architectures
- you want an actively maintained project with recent updates
- you need iOS or desktop hooking

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, security, reverse-engineering
- platform: jvm, cpp
- tags: art-hook, inline-hook, xposed-compat, aop, java-hook, native-hook, android

## Member repositories
- asLody/SandHook (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.946162+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 2026-08-30T02:44:40.041706+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/asLody/SandHook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:28.946162+00:00, sha d1d74668b556)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.