# Tencent/VasDolly

Android V1 and V2 Signature Channel Package Plugin

Repository: https://github.com/Tencent/VasDolly
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vasdolly
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: android, gradle, v1, v2, vasdolly
Last push: 2023-04-07T11:07:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3513, "days_push": 1244, "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 3160, forks 401 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:46.537306+00:00)

## What it is
VasDolly is a Gradle plugin and helper library from Tencent for fast multi-channel APK packaging on Android, writing channel metadata into V1, V2, or V3 APK signatures. It auto-detects the APK's signature scheme and generates channel-specific builds via Gradle tasks.

## Use cases
- generate multiple channel-specific Android APKs from one build
- write channel info into APK V2 signature block
- rebuild channel packages from an existing APK
- read channel metadata at runtime in an Android app
- speed up multi-channel distribution packaging for Chinese app stores

## When to choose
- you distribute Android apps through many channels and need per-channel APKs quickly
- you want signature-based channel packaging without repackaging the whole APK
- you need both V1 and V2/V3 signature scheme support

## When to avoid
- you only ship through Google Play and don't need channel packages
- your project doesn't use Gradle or Android's APK signing schemes
- you need actively developed tooling with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, security, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cli
- tags: android, gradle-plugin, apk-signing, multi-channel-packaging, v1-signature, v2-signature, v3-signature, app-distribution

## Member repositories
- Tencent/VasDolly (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.537306+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 2026-08-30T07:25:15.389885+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tencent/VasDolly (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.537306+00:00, sha c7fa64d2551c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.