# Droid ASC

> Python Android decompiler that answers queries directly against an APK instead of first unpacking and indexing it. It probes compressed DEX entries in place, uses the layout that the R8 compiler’s constant relocation and instruction deduplication leave behind to search string, type, method and field references across DEX files, and for a requested class rebuilds a minimal, self-consistent DEX in memory that a bundled copy of Androguard’s decompiler turns into Java. The droidasc CLI and Tk GUI list classes, decompile single classes, decode AndroidManifest.xml and find subclasses or interface implementations; the README presents it as a lightweight back end for agents analyzing many APKs.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Android tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-19
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-19
- Original resource: <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/droid-asc/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/droid-asc/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/droid-asc/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Latest release at review: dev-0.1.2-post2, published 2026-10-14 without binary assets and matching PyPI’s droidasc 0.1.2.post2; the reviewed main commit adds only two README notes. The project began in June 2026. The README now says it has been rewritten 1:1 in Rust as the separate rust_ASC repository, which adds full-APK decompilation and is to be updated in sync.
- Install with pip install droidasc or from source. pyproject.toml requires Python 3.10+ with axml and mutf8, and CI runs the unit, integration and GUI suites and gates performance regressions on Ubuntu with Python 3.11 and 3.12. APK and DEX inputs come from the user; the README’s benchmark APKs are not in the repository, and the DEX inside the test fixture holds only AndroidX, Kotlin and Material Components library classes.
- Speed and memory figures are author-reported: on Telegram X, WhatsApp, Grab and Lark APKs of 59–352 MB with 10 threads, the README reports string-reference searches 62–302× and single-class decompilation 38–304× faster than JADX while using 36–141 MB, and says JADX ran out of memory on the largest. Java output comes from the bundled Androguard decompiler, one class at a time. The README targets agent workflows but describes no MCP server; agents call the CLI or Python package.
- Apache-2.0; the bundled dadguard package carries Androguard code, which is also Apache-2.0. Decompiled code keeps the rights of the app’s owner.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/README.md#L1-L13>
3. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/README.md#L15-L66>
4. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/pyproject.toml>
5. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/tests/TESTING.md>
6. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/.github/workflows/tests.yml>
7. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/dadguard/__init__.py>
8. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/blob/60033d1c76bc5904588f24955cae4e83a2ba4f5d/LICENSE>
9. <https://github.com/MG1937/ASC/releases/tag/dev-0.1.2-post2>
10. <https://pypi.org/project/droidasc/0.1.2.post2/>

## More in Apps

- [APKEditor](https://awesomerea.org/resources/apkeditor/index.md) · Tool
- [jnitrace](https://awesomerea.org/resources/jnitrace/index.md) · Tool
- [AsmResolver](https://awesomerea.org/resources/asmresolver/index.md) · Tool
- [CodemerxDecompile](https://awesomerea.org/resources/codemerxdecompile/index.md) · Tool
- [wxapkg](https://awesomerea.org/resources/wux1an-wxapkg/index.md) · Tool
- [React Native Decompiler](https://awesomerea.org/resources/react-native-decompiler/index.md) · Tool

## About this entry

The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Original editorial content: MIT. Linked projects, papers and assets retain their own rights and licenses.