JakeWharton/scalpel
A surgical debugging tool to uncover the layers under your app. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4622
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2378
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2762 stars · 230 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
An Android library that renders your view hierarchy as an interactive, rotatable 3D visualization for debugging layout issues. It is now deprecated in favor of Android Studio 4.0's built-in layout inspector.
Use cases
- visualize android view hierarchy in 3d
- debug overlapping views in android layout
- inspect nested layouts on a device
- find hidden views in my app ui
- rotate and zoom app layout layers while debugging
When to choose
- you are stuck on legacy tooling without Android Studio 4.0 and need on-device 3D hierarchy inspection
- you want a lightweight, in-app view layer visualization without external tooling
When to avoid
- you use any modern Android Studio version - the built-in layout inspector supersedes it
- you need a maintained library - the project is explicitly deprecated
- you target Android versions below 4.4 - known text rendering issues
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
developer-tools ui-components graphics mobile-development developer-tools android-tools jvm android layout-inspector debugging 3d-view-hierarchy deprecated view-hierarchy-visualization mobile
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/JakeWharton/scalpel · fetched 2026-08-28 · aaf3ea22ce0a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| JakeWharton/scalpel | main | 10 |
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