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ProGuard - Java class file shrinker and obfuscator

ProGuard is a Java class file shrinker and obfuscator. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes, then renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short, meaningless names. The resulting jars are smaller and harder to reverse-engineer. Advantages of ProGuard compared to other Java shrinkers and obfuscators are compact template-based configuration, memory efficiency, and speed.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://proguard.sourceforge.net/
Source tarball http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/proguard/proguard2.1.tar.gz?download
Source informationhttp://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54750
Version 2.1 (stable) released on 2004-03-08
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation
User manual available in HTML format from http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/
Support contacts

Help List<eric@graphics.cornell.edu>
Developer List<eric@graphics.cornell.edu>
Bug List<eric@graphics.cornell.edu>
Bug Databasehttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=54750&atid=474704

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
Contributors
Sponsors
  • Luciad (http://www.luciad.com)

Related information

Interfacescommand line
Source languagesJava
Use requirementsJRE 2 or later

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-09-09
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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