2.13.2 - 2026 Release (In-Dev)

This release is considered an in-development version:

• The CLI is currently in the middle of a rewrite, so it's not functional at this time (use v2.12).

Notable Changes

• Use the native menubar on MacOS - @oraveczandrew
• Adequate Russian translation, finally - @lustman
• Binary viewer library update - @hajdam
• Obfuscator removed. - @lustman
• These usages break text direction, switching to right-to-left (RTL) instead of the expected left-to-right (LTR). - @CyberGhost13337
• Build: add Java 25 LTS - @SoKnight
• Build: update asm to 9.9 - @SoKnight
• Add missing translation key in English and German - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Update Maven plugins - @ThexXTURBOXx

January 6th, 2026 Fixes:

• 2.13.2 has been re-released, on January 6th, 2026. If you have downloaded it previously, and need to open APKs - redownload it again for the following fixes:
  • Fix Dex2Jar Classfiles Incorrectly Showing On Windows - @Konloch
  • Fix APK Decoded Resources Folder On Windows - @Konloch
  • Update APK Tool API - @Konloch

Note

If you encounter any issues, try an older version: v2.12, v2.11.2, v2.13.1

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.13.1 - 2025 Release (In-Dev)

This release is considered an in-development version:

• The CLI is currently in the middle of a rewrite, so it's not functional at this time (use v2.12).
• There are a lot of new features, and a lot of the codebase has been reworked. These features have been thoroughly tested, but there could be new bugs introduced with them.

Notable Changes

• use the same class name format for tabs - @oraveczandrew
• fix ClassFileContainer.getName - @oraveczandrew
• skip iterating over method nodes, if search fields are empty - @oraveczandrew
• skip jar compression & decompression when decoding resources, run apktool on multiple thread - @oraveczandrew
• optimize out zipping/decompression when using Dex2Jar - @oraveczandrew
• fix ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in FileHeaderUtils - @oraveczandrew
• speed up the resource file tree generation - @oraveczandrew
• Fix for issue #529 - @Bl3nd
• Add Option to disable Resource Reload Confimation - @heisluft
• Removed the check for packages that start with "java", "javax", etc. - @Bl3nd

Note

If you encounter any issues, try an older version: v2.12, v2.11.2

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.13.0 - 2024 Release (In-Dev)

This release is considered an in-development version:

• The CLI is currently in the middle of a rewrite, so it's not functional at this time (use v2.12).
• There are a lot of new features, and a lot of the codebase has been reworked. These features have been thoroughly tested, but there could be new bugs introduced with them.

Notable Changes

• Jump to Declaration - @Bl3nd
• Bytecode token highlighter - @Bl3nd
• Middle-click to close tabs - @Bl3nd
• Fix for issue #499 - @Bl3nd
• Middle-click to close tabs - @Bl3nd
• Implement Checkstyle - @Konloch / @ThexXTURBOXx
• Better Plugin Writing - @Konloch
• Partial Fix For Slow jFileChooser - @Konloch
• General Code Cleanup - @Konloch
• Dependency Updates - @ThexXTURBOXx / @Bl3nd
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @Konloch / @Bl3nd / @cloudchamb3r

Note

If you encounter any issues, try an older version: v2.12, v2.11.2

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.12.0 - 2023 Release

Notable Changes

• Detect language from computer wide language settings - @Konloch
• New Window Theme Default: Dark Theme - @Konloch
• Add Auto Open Search Option - @Konloch
• Add Looping Search For Non-Exact - @Konloch
• Update dependencies again - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Update dependencies - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Add Popup Menu for close Tabs - @sinyear
• Update dependencies - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Add dex2jar exception handler - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Removed last version of dnd. Added dnd support from weisJ theme. Also… - @Bl3nd
• Fix many DnD errors related to #462 @ThexXTURBOXx
• Swap to SafeYAML - @Konloch
• Update HTTPRequest Library - @Konloch
• Fixed exception when clicking a class that's already open. - @Bl3nd
• Enabled tabs to be rearranged. Did not add functionality for a tab to… - @Bl3nd
• Update dependencies as of this commit date - @nick-botticelli
• Fix FernFlower "Rename ambiguous classes and class elements". - @Bl3nd
• Fix dex2jar issues - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Optimized resource tree building - @majonez
• Update dependencies @ThexXTURBOXx
• Malicious Code Scanner Fix - @Konloch
• Add ASMifier support - @nick-botticelli
• Change reference to -decompiler-list to -list - @nick-botticelli
• Replace icons with more modern svg variants - @weisJ
• Update dependencies - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Update darklaf to version 3.0.0 - @weisJ
• Fixed a lot of issues related to the GUI - @GraxCode
• Better looking tab close button. - @GraxCode
• Dex2Jar is now pulled from Maven Central - @ThexXTURBOXx
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @Konloch / @GraxCode / @weisJ / @nick-botticelli / @majonez / @Bl3nd / @sinyear

Note

If you encounter any issues, try an older version: v2.11.2, v2.10.16

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.11.2 - 2022 Maintenance

Notable Changes

• Java 18/19 support - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Security Manager has been adjusted to work on Java 18+ - @ThexXTURBOXx
• ASM update for Java 19 support - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Added Croatian, Czech, Bulgarian, Danish and Serbian translations - @Konloch
• Fixed running precompiled plugins - @Lucaskyy
• CFR interface improvements - @GraxCode / @ThexXTURBOXx
• Procyon update - @ThexXTURBOXx
• FernFlower update - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Jadx update - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Dependency updates and fixes- @ThexXTURBOXx
• Bytecode Disassembler improvements & additions - @GraxCode
• General bug fixes and improvements - @Konloch / @ThexXTURBOXx / @GraxCode
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @Konloch / @GraxCode / @Lucaskyy

Issues Resolved

#396, #397, #402, #405, #410, #412

Note

If you encounter any issues, try v2.11.1 or v2.10.16

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.11.1 - 2022 Bug Fixes

Notable Changes

• Sandbox has been removed, allowing for improved Mac and Unix compatibility - @Konloch
• Procyon update - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Dex2Jar update - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Dependency updates plus optimizations - @ThexXTURBOXx
• General bug fixes and improvements - @Konloch
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @Konloch

Issues Resolved

#368, #361, #332

Note

If you encounter any issues, try v2.10.16 or v2.9.22

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.11.0 - 2022 Release [Security Update]

Notable Changes

• Zip Slip exploit has been patched (CVE-2022-21675) - Thanks to @ready-research for reporting it! Thanks to @ThexXTURBOXx for patching it!
• FernFlower update - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Plugins template has been adjusted - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Dependency updates plus optimizations - @ThexXTURBOXx
• General bug fixes/improvements - @ThexXTURBOXx
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @sschr15 / @lujiefsi / @hajdam / @thomasleplus / @Konloch

Issues Resolved

#350, #369

Note

If you encounter any issues, try v2.10.16 or v2.9.22

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.10.16 - Dex2Jar Fixes

Notable Changes

• Dex2Jar has been fixed, this should resolve opening APKs that would previously fail - @ThexXTURBOXx
• DarkLaf compatibility has been resolved - @weisJ
• Tabs have been introduced for windows that were previously individual panes - @Konloch
• The plugin console has been redesigned to support multiple resources in a single workspace - @Konloch
• Right-click context menus on the resource list, including quick-open and other useful commands - @Konloch
• Improved searching through the search pane - @Konloch
• BCV will now automatically import a resource instead of displaying the binary hex of known classfiles/archives - @Konloch
• Most file leaks should be fixed - @ThexXTURBOXx
• All of the dependency warnings should be resolved - @ThexXTURBOXx
• General bug fixes/UI improvements (Anti aliasing, etc) - @Konloch
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx @weisJ @Konloch

Note

If you encounter any issues, try v2.9.22

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.10.15 - Bug Fixes

Notable Changes

• More translation support - @Konloch / @ThexXTURBOXx
• Limited GraalJS support (You will need to supply the Graal.JS dependencies - v2.11.0 will have full GraalJS support) - @Konloch
• Better Hex-Viewer Dark Mode - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Better zoom functionality - @ThexXTURBOXx
• WebP support - @ThexXTURBOXx
• Bug fixes - @ThexXTURBOXx
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @Konloch

Note

If you encounter any issues, try v2.9.22

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com

2.10.14 - Javap

Notable Changes

• Improved translations Thanks to @ThexXTURBOXx / @TechComet / @antonymcgreen / @liuxilu / @cn-fairy
• Added javap disassembler - @Konloch
• Automatic python path detection - @Konloch
• Improved plugin console - @Konloch
• Cleaned up settings dialogue - @Konloch
• Dynamic width Hex-Viewer - @Konloch
• Better resource handling - @Konloch
• Lots of code cleanup - @Konloch
• Patched a few Security Manager escapes - @Konloch
• Bug fixes and general improvements Thanks to @ThexXTURBOXx
• And more! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this patch. @ThexXTURBOXx / @TechComet / @antonymcgreen / @liuxilu / @cn-fairy / @Konloch

Note

If you encounter any issues, try v2.9.22

If you find any bugs just open up a GitHub issue or email me at Konloch@gmail.com