MuntashirAkon/AppManager

What it does

App Manager is an Android app for inspecting and managing installed packages. The main screen surfaces app metadata, and you can browse activities, broadcast receivers, services, providers, app ops, permissions, signatures and shared libraries. It also installs APKs (including APKS, APKM and XAPK with OBB files), shares and backs up APKs, scans apps for trackers and libraries, views or saves manifests, shows usage and storage data, and includes a logcat viewer, debloater, code editor, file manager and simple terminal emulator.

Features are tiered by privilege. Revoking runtime permissions, changing app-op modes, killing processes, clearing data, changing net policy, controlling battery optimization and freezing apps require root or ADB. Blocking app components, editing shared preferences, backing up app data with rules, viewing system configuration and changing SSAID require root.

Getting started

Install from F-Droid or download a release from the Releases page. On first launch, grant the permissions the features you want need; usage and data statistics require Usage Access. To use privileged features, connect the device over ADB or grant root, then perform operations from the app's UI. For example, select an installed app, open its component list, and inspect or act on activities and services. Backup and encryption options are configured in the app; OpenPGP backups rely on OpenKeychain.

For build-from-source steps, see BUILDING.rst. Full usage documentation is at the docs site.

Constraints

Many of the most useful operations do not work on a stock, unrooted device: permission revocation, app freezing, component blocking and data backup are gated behind root or ADB. App Manager is GPLv3+ software, and the README asks that it be obtained from official channels. It is an Android-only tool and targets users comfortable with package internals and ADB/root workflows.

HotRepo's take

On the Java daily list for 2026-11-08, App Manager recorded 9,506 stars and 528 forks, with 14 stars gained that day and a best position of 6. That single snapshot shows sustained visibility in the Java ecosystem, but it is one day's record and does not establish a trend. The project's breadth of package-level inspection and its explicit root/ADB feature split are what distinguish it from simpler APK viewers.