https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx New releases and features in jadx, tracked by The Cyber Toolchain. en Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:07:35 GMT https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.6 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.6 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:07:35 GMT jadx v1.5.6 adds graph views with code pane sync, a call graph library, and resource tree improvements. • Adds graph views with code pane synchronization in the GUI for visual code flow analysis. • New call graph module/library enables programmatic traversal of method call relationships. • Collapses single-child directory chains in the resource tree for cleaner navigation. • Adds 'Copy Reference' option to the context menu for quick symbol referencing. • Supports pasting file lists directly into the file chooser dialog. • Opens the single loaded class automatically after load, reducing manual navigation steps. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.4 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.4 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:54:39 GMT jadx v1.5.4 adds CLI config files, .apks support, UI zoom with CJK fonts, and externalized scripting plugin. • Adds CLI config file load and save, enabling persistent CLI settings across sessions. • Supports `.apks` (Android Package Set) files as a new input format. • Adds UI zoom factor option that scales font sizes accordingly, using FlatLaf fonts bundle. • Adds CJK character support in the GUI via FontUtils.getCompositeFont(). • Allows `.zip` files (containing JARs) to be used as plugin artifacts. • Scripting plugin is now external and no longer bundled in the release — install separately via jadx-script-kotlin. • Plugin exceptions are now reported directly to the plugin's GitHub project. Breaking changes: • The scripting plugin is no longer included in the release bundle; existing setups relying on it will need to install it separately from jadx-script-kotlin. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.3 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.3 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:37:00 GMT jadx v1.5.3 adds text/binary resource search, smali file editing, and enhanced AAB parsing in the GUI. • Adds GUI search options to search within text or binary resources. • Enables viewing and editing input smali files directly in the GUI. • Enhances Android App Bundle (AAB) parsing support. • Exports now use `compileSdkVersion` from the manifest and update AGP to 8.10.1. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.2 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.2 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:18:09 GMT jadx v1.5.2 adds DEX v41 support, a new HexViewer, tree-structure usage search, APKM support, and a Frida snippet dialog. • Adds initial support for DEX v41 format, enabling decompilation of newer Android bytecode. • New HexViewer for inspecting binary content directly within the GUI. • New tree-structure usage search for visualizing where classes, methods, and fields are referenced hierarchically. • Adds export dialog with configurable options, including Gradle export templates for Android app/lib and simple Java projects. • Adds APKM file format support for opening split-APK bundles. • Adds a Preview Tab feature for quick inline inspection of code and resources without fully opening them. • Supports APK Signature Scheme v3.1 signers in the GUI. • Dynamic code editor theme now follows the UI theme automatically. • Adds a dialog for selecting methods when generating Frida class snippets. • Adds 'Copy All' button to the Search dialog for bulk export of search results. • Adds webp image preview support for resource inspection. • Adds support for viewing and opening more resource file types. • Adds script rename feature and confirm dialog when removing scripts. • Adds button to install a desktop file directly from jadx-gui. • Adds option to disable the hover tooltip in the code editor. • Adds 'Close all left tabs' feature for tab management. • Uses file headers to detect extensions for obfuscated resources. • Custom zip reader implementation to handle tampered or non-standard ZIP files. • Parses and uses Kotlin SourceDebugExtension with SMAP for improved class and package renaming. • Adds 'unload' method to JadxPlugin API for plugin lifecycle management. • New plugin API method to add popup menu entries for tree nodes. • Adds plugin API method to get jadx-gui icons by name. • Adds plugin API method to open the usage dialog programmatically. • Generates missing throws declarations and validates exceptions during decompilation. • Replaces constants in annotations of method arguments for cleaner decompiled output. • Notifies user if code contains non-displayable characters with the current font. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.1 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.1 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:53:33 GMT jadx v1.5.1 adds Frida snippet generation, pin/quick tabs, package-scoped search, and automatic APK patching • Generates Frida hooking snippets for all methods in a class directly from the GUI • Adds a button to navigate directly to the Android Manifest from the GUI • Adds a button to navigate directly to the Application class from the GUI • Supports pinning tabs to keep important files accessible in the GUI • Introduces Quick Tabs for fast tab switching in the GUI • Limits code/text search scope to a specific package in the GUI • Exports individual resources, classes, or packages from the GUI • Adds Smali code folding in the GUI editor • Moves AAB (Android App Bundle) support into a separate plugin • Allows config and cache directories to be overridden via environment variables • Allows installed plugins to be disabled individually • Adds CLI option to disable plugins • Adds JadxArgs API property to adjust XML security checks • Adds API method to retrieve decompiled method code • Adds option to always use the source file name as the class name alias • Adds support for 16-bit entry offsets, compact resource entries, and grammar inflection flag in resource decoding • Allows plugins to edit blocks before locking and to get main window reference, config/cache dirs, and declare minimum required jadx version Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.0 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.5.0 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:47:46 GMT jadx v1.5.0 adds scripting, external plugins, XApk support, and plugin/script config via `--script`/`--plugin` • Adds native support for parsing XApk files as an input format • Enables configuration of custom UI shortcuts and plugin/script paths via system JSON config files Breaking changes: • Java 10 is no longer supported; Java 11+ is required to run the tool Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.7 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.7 Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:45:18 GMT jadx v1.4.7 adds inline lambda support by instance field and stream-based input to the input plugin. • Adds inline lambdas resolved by instance field, improving decompilation of generated code patterns. • Allows loading classes via `InputStream` or byte array in the `jadx-input` plugin for flexible class source integration. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.6 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.6 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:33:37 GMT jadx v1.4.6 adds polymorphic invoke support and a native file-open dialog • [core] Support polymorphic invoke (#384)(#1777) • [gui] Add alternative file open dialog (#1709) Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.5 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.5 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:53:16 GMT jadx v1.4.5 adds configurable search results pagination and logcat debugger output • `gui` option for search results count per page (#1652) • `debugger` add logcat output (#1411) Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.4 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.4 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 16:20:12 GMT jadx v1.4.4 adds manual search/sort in GUI, project history persistence, and a new CLI option to disable finally block extraction • Adds manual search, stop, and sort actions within the GUI search dialog • Adds persistence of search history across sessions in the jadx-gui project Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.1 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.1 Tue, 31 May 2022 14:47:10 GMT Adds Frida code snippet generation with parameter logging via the GUI. • Adds `parameters` logging in Frida code snippet generation (#1497) Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.0 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.4.0 Sat, 21 May 2022 17:06:05 GMT jadx v1.4.0 adds disk code cache, custom input loading, and dependency filtering on save • [gui] Disk code cache and search rewrite • Allow to load custom input • Allow to include/exclude dependencies when saving with class filter Breaking changes: • ICodeInfo lines and code annotations moved to new interface ICodeMetadata • Changes for all code annotations methods to use ICodeAnnotation instead plain Object Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.5 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.5 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:07:46 GMT jadx v1.3.5 adds 'simple' decompilation mode and split view UI • `--decompilation-mode simple` (cli): enable the new 'simple' decompilation mode for Android class files. • Add GUI split-view for comparing different decompilation modes side-by-side. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.4 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.4 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 10:17:35 GMT jadx v1.3.4 adds MethodParameters attribute support and dex input plugin options • Adds `-DverifyChecksum=true` option to verify checksums when loading dex files via the CLI Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.3 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.3 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:53:45 GMT jadx v1.3.3 adds Frida and Xposed snippet copy actions and Ctrl+c word/node copying in the GUI • Adds a new 'Copy Frida Snippet' action to the jadx GUI context menu for quick export of Frida instrumentation code. • Adds a new 'Copy Xposed Snippet' action to the jadx GUI context menu for quick export of Xposed hook code. • Enables `Ctrl+C` to copy the currently highlighted word from the decompiled code view in the GUI. • Enables `Ctrl+C` to copy the string value of the selected node from the search window results in the GUI. • Adds a new CLI option to control the handle mode for the deobfuscation map file output. Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.1 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.1 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:30:39 GMT Adds `-dx/d8` conversion option and Maven Central artifacts for jadx v1.3.1 • Adds `--backend-dx-d8` option to use dx/d8 for converting Java bytecode instead of the default backend • Smali code highlighting is now enabled in the GUI Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.0 https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/tag/v1.3.0 Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:09:05 GMT jadx v1.3.0 adds AAB/AAR input support, smali debugger, and Quark-Engine integration • Add `--input-format aar` to support AAR files as input sources • Add GUI `smali debugger` feature for interactive instruction stepping within the JADX GUI • Integrate `Quark-Engine` into the GUI for automated behavior analysis • Add regex search capability in the GUI search dialog via pattern matching mode • Add option to specify a custom deobfuscation map file using `--deobf-file` Full history on Cyber Toolchain: https://cybertoolchain.io/tools/jadx