Apktag ((free)) May 2026

And start searching: apktag search --db android_archive.db --tag "missing_certificate" APKTag won't replace jadx or Ghidra. But if you have ever wasted thirty minutes searching for an APK you know you reversed last month, it will save your sanity. In the chaotic world of Android binaries, it finally offers a card catalog.

Once installed, index your entire archive: apktag index ~/Downloads/APKs/ --recursive --db android_archive.db apktag

The Android reverse engineering community has long solved the problem of decompiling code (thanks, apktool and jadx ). But until recently, no one seriously solved the problem of it. And start searching: apktag search --db android_archive

Think of it as exiftool for Android, combined with a search engine. Most analysts rely on aapt dump badging to get package names and versions. APKTag does that, but then goes five layers deeper. Once installed, index your entire archive: apktag index