# asLody/TurboDex

fast load dex in memory.

Repository: https://github.com/asLody/TurboDex
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/turbodex
Homepage: https://github.com/asLody/TurboDex
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2017-04-18T12:44:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3787, "days_push": 3424, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1484, forks 300 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.399904+00:00)

## What it is
TurboDex is a native Android library (C++/NDK) that dramatically speeds up loading unoptimized DEX files in memory at runtime, especially under ART. It targets apps using MultiDex or plugin frameworks where DexClassLoader load times are painful.

## Use cases
- speed up multidex loading on android
- load dex files quickly in a plugin framework
- reduce dexclassloader load time under art
- load unoptimized dex in memory fast
- android app startup too slow due to dex loading

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android app with MultiDex or a plugin framework on old ART/Dalvik runtimes
- you need fast runtime dex loading on older Android versions

## When to avoid
- you target modern Android versions where this hooking approach may break or is unnecessary
- you need a maintained, supported library (last release 2017)
- your project cannot accept GPL-3.0 licensing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, compiler
- domain: android-tools, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: android, dex, multidex, plugin-framework, ndk, runtime-optimization, hooking

## Member repositories
- asLody/TurboDex (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.399904+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 2026-08-30T04:33:58.795048+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/asLody/TurboDex (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.399904+00:00, sha 6f49c1e3421b)
  - homepage: https://github.com/asLody/TurboDex (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:13.646600+00:00, sha a97adf2d76dc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.