# 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.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Android tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/droidsaw/droidsaw>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/droidsaw/droidsaw/blob/50eb045b5672431ea787c2696100baed44163918/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/droidsaw/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/droidsaw/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/droidsaw/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/droidsaw/droidsaw/blob/50eb045b5672431ea787c2696100baed44163918/README.md>

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