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apk2gold

apk2gold is a command-line wrapper that decompiles an Android APK toward a single source tree. The README says it combines apktool, dex2jar, and JD-GUI, keeps the Smali output, and tries to restore R.* resource names from inlined resource integers. It says the result is for reading and is not meant to compile.

Targets: App
Category: Android tools
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 703
Last commit: 2024-03-05
Language: Shell

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Requirements & limits

The documented command is apk2gold followed by the target APK path.
The README says the decompiled result will almost certainly not compile.
The repository has no license file.

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BibTeX

@misc{apk2gold,
  title = {{apk2gold}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/lxdvs/apk2gold}},
  url = {https://github.com/lxdvs/apk2gold},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/apk2gold/}}
}

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apk2gold. https://github.com/lxdvs/apk2gold (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/apk2gold/

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README.md GitHub · lxdvs/apk2gold · Revision b4695e1