anestisb/vdexExtractor
Tool to decompile & extract Android Dex bytecode from Vdex files observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 3251
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 771
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1135 stars · 246 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A command-line tool written in C that decompiles and extracts Android Dex bytecode from Vdex files produced by the ART runtime's dex2oat compiler. It supports bytecode unquickening (de-odex) and disassembly without requiring a full libart/AOSP build.
Use cases
- extract dex bytecode from android vdex files
- decompile optimized android app bytecode
- unquicken dex-to-dex transformed bytecode
- disassemble android dex bytecode
- analyze android apk vdex containers for reverse engineering
- determine android api level from a vdex file
When to choose
- you need to recover verifiable Dex from Vdex/Oat pairs on Android Oreo or newer
- you want a lightweight standalone tool instead of building AOSP's oatdump/libart
- you are doing Android security research or reverse engineering of optimized bytecode
When to avoid
- you need to decompile Dex to Java source code rather than bytecode
- you work with pre-Oreo (API < 26) Dex files not stored in Vdex containers
- you need a GUI-based Android analysis suite
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
reverse-engineering parser cli developer-tools android-tools reverse-engineering security parsers windows cli android vdex dex art-runtime bytecode-unquickening disassembler compactdex apk-analysis linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/anestisb/vdexExtractor · fetched 2026-08-28 · 13f0020bd6d1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| anestisb/vdexExtractor | main | 32 |
For agents
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