Introducing Manifesto: a file manager that speaks APK
Why we put a full reverse-engineering workbench inside an Android file manager, and what you can do with it today.
Most Android file managers stop at copy, move and zip. Most reverse-engineering tools assume you're at a desk with a laptop and a USB cable. Manifesto joins the two.
A file manager first
Everything starts in a fast, two-pane file manager. Sliding or split panels, list or grid, swipe-to-select, bookmarks, checksums and root paths are all there. Archives open like folders, from ZIP and 7z to ISO images and boot ramdisks, and you can edit an entry in place.
Then an APK workbench
Tap an APK and you see its package, version, signature scheme and a protection scan. Choose Open as project and you get Explorer, Resources, Search and History panes over the decoded package:
- Smali editing with symbol search and Find usages.
- A Java preview powered by JADX.
resources.arscand binary XML, decoded on demand.- Rebuild only what changed. Build and sign uses Manifesto's debug key; Sign re-signs with your own keystore and V1 to V4.
And a few things you might not expect
- Agentic Space: connect your own model (OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic, Gemini or a local one) and let it use about 180 workbench tools, with your approval.
- An Alpine Linux shell in PRoot that the agent can use to run commands, no root needed.
- Frida sessions with Gadget injection, and Lua plugins with Java and native hooks.
- radare2 / r2ghidra for native libraries.
Private by design
Analysis runs on the device. There are no analytics or crash-reporting SDKs. The network is only used for things you turn on yourself.
See the full feature list for Manifesto's APK editor for Android, then download Manifesto and start with the getting started guide. To try a first edit, follow how to edit an APK on Android.