Alternatives to objection
Inspect mobile application behavior at runtime. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
objection
Inspect mobile application behavior at runtime.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as objection.
Frida
Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for inspecting and modifying running applications.
Frida is the instrumentation toolkit objection is built on, so moving to it means writing your own JavaScript hooks instead of using ready-made exploration commands.
MobSF
Analyze mobile application packages in a security-testing workspace.
MobSF is a self-hosted GPL-3.0 web workspace for static analysis of mobile app packages with optional dynamic testing on compatible devices or emulators.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
mitmproxy
An intercepting proxy that decrypts, displays and lets you modify HTTP and HTTPS traffic, with a console, a web interface and a scriptable command-line version.
radare2
Command-line reverse engineering framework and binary analysis toolkit.
Ghidra
The NSA's reverse engineering framework, with a decompiler that turns machine code back into readable C.
Burp Suite Community Edition
PortSwigger's free web security testing toolkit, for intercepting, inspecting and modifying HTTP traffic by hand.
Exodus Privacy
An Android app and web service that reports the trackers and permissions found inside Android apps.
