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droidsaw

droidsaw is a Rust decompiler for Android DEX files and Hermes bundles. It decompiles DEX classes to Java and Hermes functions to JavaScript, and it can follow a value from JavaScript across the React Native bridge into Java. The README says preservation mode recovered 5,767 F-Droid DEX files bit for bit, and that Hermes bytecode round-trips on versions 84, 96, 98, and 99.

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

Stars: 36
Last commit: 2026-06-11
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): BSD-3-Clause

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

A Rust toolchain and a C compiler. The documented install is cargo install droidsaw. cargo install droidsaw --features mcp also installs the MCP server.
License: BSD-3-Clause.

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BibTeX

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

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

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README.md GitHub · droidsaw/droidsaw · Revision 50eb045