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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install apkleaks

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#apkleaks

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ap/apkleaks/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Scanning APK file for URIs, endpoints & secrets

Project links

Commands and aliases

apkleaks

history

Project history and usage

APKLeaks is a Python CLI for scanning APK files for URIs, endpoints, and secrets. It is part Android reverse-engineering helper, part bug-bounty reconnaissance tool, and part regex-based secret scanner.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in May 2020. Its README positions the tool around APK scanning and documents installation from PyPI, source, and Docker, with jadx used as the disassembler when available.

The README credits apkurlgrep as an inspiration and acknowledges pattern sources and related tooling such as truffleHogRegexes, LinkFinder, gf patterns, dex2jar, and a standalone APK parser. That makes the project a packaging point for several mobile-reconnaissance ideas rather than a pure APK parser.

Adoption history

The project is distributed through PyPI, Docker, and source installation according to its README. The supplied package metadata also records Homebrew and Nix packages, showing that the tool crossed from Python security circles into general CLI package indexes.

GitHub repository metadata showed more than 6k stars and hundreds of forks at research time, which is unusually high for a narrow APK scanner and reflects adoption in mobile-security and bug-bounty workflows.

How it is used

The common invocation is apkleaks -f path/to/file.apk, with optional output file selection, JSON output, custom pattern JSON via --pattern, and disassembler arguments passed through with --args. If no output path is supplied, the README says it generates a result file automatically.

APKLeaks does not document a fixed user config file. Pattern customization is an explicit per-run path to a JSON rules file, while the default regexes live inside the project repository.

Why package nerds care

APKLeaks is interesting as a small packaged security CLI because it composes other tools and pattern corpora behind a simple command. Package users care less about a library API and more about whether pipx, brew, nix, or Docker can put a scanner in PATH quickly during APK triage.

Its release stream also shows maintenance for platform compatibility, including Python 3.12 and 3.13 support and a move to pyproject.toml in the 2.6.x series.

Timeline

2020: Public dwisiswant0/apkleaks repository created on GitHub.
2021: 2.6.0 release added token and identifier patterns such as GitHub access tokens, Discord bot tokens, JWTs, and CTF flag patterns.
2024: 2.6.2 added Python 3.12 support.
2024: 2.6.3 migrated to pyproject.toml and fixed Python 3.13 compatibility.

Related projects

APKLeaks relies on jadx for APK decompilation and credits apkurlgrep, truffleHogRegexes, LinkFinder, gf, dex2jar, and a standalone APK parser as influences or resources.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/dwisiswant0/apkleaks
https://api.github.com/repos/dwisiswant0/apkleaks/releases
https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaks#readme
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`apkleaks`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.6.3

manager updated2026-04-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaks

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaksnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:apkleaks
Version	2.6.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/apkleaks
Homepage	https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaks
Repository	https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaks
Upstream docs	https://github.com/dwisiswant0/apkleaks#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1e/e6/203661abe151dbc59096de65d6f0cf392d1aad3acba32f4e9f3f389acad0/apkleaks-2.6.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-04-22T09:24:28Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	jadx, python@3.14
Uses from macOS	libxml2, libxslt
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	apkleaks
Version Scheme	0
Revision	2
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

apkleaks

nix profile install nixpkgs#apkleaks

normalized package name match
Matched by: Apkleaks

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ap/apkleaks/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/apkleaks.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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