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frida-scripts (0xdea)

Marco Ivaldi's (raptor) collection of Frida JavaScript instrumentation scripts for reverse engineering mobile apps and Linux programs. The main Android and iOS tracers hook Java or Objective-C classes and methods selected by name, wildcard or regular expression, plus native functions matched by Frida ApiResolver patterns such as exports:*!open*, and log each call's arguments and return value; they can also print backtraces. Companion scripts enumerate loaded classes and methods, and a Linux pair traces and enumerates functions in an ELF binary and its shared libraries.

Targets
App · Binary
Category
Debugging and dynamic analysis
Relationship
Foundation tool
Sources reviewed

Requirements & limits

  • Prerequisites: Load a script with Frida's CLI from frida-tools, for example frida -U -f <package> -l raptor_frida_android_trace.js for an app on a USB-connected device, after uncommenting or editing the usage examples at the end of the script. Mobile use needs a device that Frida can instrument; the iOS tracer's header records a jailbroken iPhone 8 on iOS 16.5.
  • Limits: Version 0.2 (2025-10-02) ported the main tracers to Frida 17. Script headers record Frida 17.3.2 on Android 11 and iOS 16.5 and Frida 17.2.1 on Ubuntu, while the android-snippets and ios-snippets directories were tested only with Frida before 17.0.0. The README warns that the iOS and Android scripts may need tweaking and points to Brida as a maintained project that includes some of them.
  • Testing evidence: The repository has no automated tests or CI, and its TODO lists extensive testing with real-world apps.
  • License: MIT per LICENSE.

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Primary sources

  1. README.md GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  2. raptor_frida_android_trace.js GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  3. raptor_frida_ios_trace.js GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  4. raptor_frida_linux_trace.js GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  5. raptor_frida_android_enum.js GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  6. CHANGELOG.md GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  7. LICENSE GitHub · 0xdea/frida-scripts · Revision 987ba48
  8. https://github.com/0xdea/frida-scripts/releases/tag/v0.2

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