# NickstaDB/SerializationDumper

A tool to dump Java serialization streams in a more human readable form.

Repository: https://github.com/NickstaDB/SerializationDumper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/serializationdumper
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-06-21T22:15:38+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": 3308, "days_push": 803, "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 1078, forks 124 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.907076+00:00)

## What it is
A Java-based command-line tool that dumps Java serialization streams and RMI packet contents into a human-readable form without deserializing (instantiating) objects. It can also rebuild modified text dumps back into binary serialization streams.

## Use cases
- analyze a raw Java serialization stream without executing it
- debug Java deserialization vulnerabilities during security research
- decode RMI packet contents in readable form
- modify hex or string values in a serialized stream and rebuild it
- inspect serialized Java objects without needing the original classes on the classpath

## When to choose
- you need to inspect or edit Java serialization streams safely without instantiating objects
- you are researching or exploiting Java deserialization vulnerabilities
- you want to decode raw or hex-encoded serialized data from the command line

## When to avoid
- you need to actually deserialize objects into live Java instances
- you need a GUI-based analysis tool
- you are working with non-Java serialization formats

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, parser, serialization, reverse-engineering, cli
- domain: security, developer-tools, parsers
- platform: jvm, cli, cross-platform
- tags: java-deserialization, rmi, security-research, vulnerability-analysis, hex-dump, command-line

## Member repositories
- NickstaDB/SerializationDumper (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.907076+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 2026-08-30T06:53:07.974698+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NickstaDB/SerializationDumper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.907076+00:00, sha 12fe92e7d1f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.