apktool-mcp-server vs JADX-AI-MCP MCP: Tools & Setup

apktool-mcp-server vs JADX-AI-MCP: verdict

apktool-mcp-server exposes APK decoding, inspection, editing, and rebuilding through MCP. It supports authorized Android security research with manifest access, smali operations, resource editing, and file searches.

Connect an MCP assistant to JADX's live Android decompilation context. The Java plugin and companion Python server expose source inspection, resource access, cross-references, renaming, and debugger information.

apktool-mcp-server and JADX-AI-MCP share 1 exact tool name: get_resource_file. JADX-AI-MCP lists 28 names absent from apktool-mcp-server, including debug_get_stack_frames, debug_get_threads, debug_get_variables. Moving from apktool-mcp-server to JADX-AI-MCP would also mean rechecking workflows using build_apk, clean_project, decode_apk, which appear only in apktool-mcp-server's list. apktool-mcp-server records python; JADX-AI-MCP records java. apktool-mcp-server and JADX-AI-MCP both list stdio / Apache-2.0. JADX-AI-MCP's repository has 2,238 more stars than apktool-mcp-server (2,912 versus 674). Last pushes: apktool-mcp-server 2026-07-02; JADX-AI-MCP 2026-09-23.

apktool-mcp-server and JADX-AI-MCP overlap on tags android, reverse-engineering. apktool-mcp-server-only tags: apktool, smali, static-analysis. JADX-AI-MCP-only tags: apk-analysis, jadx, security-review.

apktool-mcp-server vs JADX-AI-MCP: features compared

Attribute	apktool-mcp-server	JADX-AI-MCP
Repo stars	674	2912
Last push	Jul 2, 2026	Sep 23, 2026
Runtime	python	java
Tools	13	29

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apktool-mcp-server vs JADX-AI-MCP: shared and unique tools

Shared Names

get_resource_file

Only apktool-mcp-server

build_apk
clean_project
decode_apk
get_apktool_yml
get_manifest
get_smali_file
list_resources
list_smali_directories
list_smali_files
modify_resource_file

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modify_smali_file
search_in_file

Only JADX-AI-MCP

debug_get_stack_frames
debug_get_threads
debug_get_variables
fetch_current_class
get_all_classes
get_all_resource_file_names
get_android_manifest
get_class_source
get_fields_of_class
get_main_activity_class

Show 18 more unique tools

get_main_application_classes_code
get_main_application_classes_names
get_manifest_component
get_method_by_name
get_methods_of_class
get_selected_text
get_smali_of_class
get_strings
rename_class
rename_field
rename_method
rename_package
rename_variable
search_classes_by_keyword
search_method_by_name
xrefs_to_class
xrefs_to_field
xrefs_to_method

Exact names, not equivalent behavior.

apktool-mcp-server vs JADX-AI-MCP: setup and configuration

apktool-mcp-server and JADX-AI-MCP examples both use stdio local processes.

apktool-mcp-server

apktool-mcp-server source configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apktool-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "path/to/apktool-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "apktool_mcp_server.py"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

JADX-AI-MCP

JADX-AI-MCP source configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jadx-ai-mcp": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "path/to/jadx-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "jadx_mcp_server.py"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}