Installation¶

apk-info ships as three packages built from the same Rust core:

Package	For	Install
`apk-info` CLI	the terminal	Homebrew, Nix or `cargo install apk-info-cli`
`apk-info` on PyPI	Python 3.11+	`pip install apk-info`
`apk-info` crate	Rust	`cargo add apk-info`

CLI¶

HomebrewNixcargoPrebuilt binaries

brew install delvinru/tap/apk-info

Try it without installing:

nix run github:delvinru/apk-info -- show app.apk

Install it into your profile (newer Nix calls the command nix profile add):

nix profile install github:delvinru/apk-info

Or add the flake to a NixOS or home-manager configuration:

# flake.nix
inputs.apk-info.url = "github:delvinru/apk-info";

# configuration.nix, or home.packages for home-manager
environment.systemPackages = [
  inputs.apk-info.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default
];

The flake builds the CLI from source and installs its shell completion. It needs flakes enabled.

cargo install apk-info-cli

Requires Rust 1.95 or newer.

Download an archive for your platform from GitHub Releases. Each release has builds for:

Linux (static musl): x86_64-unknown-linux-musl, aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
macOS: x86_64-apple-darwin, aarch64-apple-darwin
Windows: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
Android (e.g. Termux or adb shell): aarch64-linux-android

Check that it works:

apk-info --version

Shell completion¶

apk-info completion <SHELL> prints a completion script for bash, elvish, fish, powershell or zsh. The Homebrew and Nix packages install it for bash, fish and zsh already (for Homebrew, see Shell Completion if zsh doesn't pick it up). Otherwise:

zshbashfishPowerShell

mkdir -p ~/.zfunc
apk-info completion zsh > ~/.zfunc/_apk-info

Then add fpath=(~/.zfunc $fpath) to ~/.zshrc, before compinit runs.

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions
apk-info completion bash > ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/apk-info

mkdir -p ~/.config/fish/completions
apk-info completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/apk-info.fish

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force (Split-Path $PROFILE) | Out-Null
apk-info completion powershell >> $PROFILE

Python¶

PyPI has wheels for Linux, macOS and Windows. You need CPython 3.11 or newer.

uvpip

uv add apk-info

pip install apk-info

The package includes type stubs, so editors and type checkers see the full API.

from apk_info import APK

apk = APK("app.apk")
print(apk.get_package_name())

Rust¶

cargo add apk-info

The apk-info crate re-exports the lower-level crates. If you need only one part of the parser, depend on that crate:

Crate	What it does
`apk-info`	high-level `Apk` API: manifest, resources, signatures, containers
`apk-info-zip`	malware-tolerant zip reader and APK Signing Block parser
`apk-info-axml`	Android binary XML (AXML) and resource table (ARSC) parsers
`apk-info-xml`	XML element tree used by the AXML parser