optrace

OpTrace

A persistent, locally-stored permission audit logger for Android.

Android’s built-in Privacy Dashboard is great, but it wipes your history after 7 days and heavily focuses on just Camera, Microphone, and Location. OpTrace leverages privileged shell access to hook directly into Android’s hidden AppOpsManager, providing a complete, persistent timeline of exactly what your installed applications are accessing in the background.

Features

• Persistent Logging: Stores permission access history locally in a Room database, bypassing the system’s 7-day deletion limit.
• Comprehensive Tracking: Monitors all AppOps, including accesses to Contacts, Call Logs, Clipboard, Nearby Devices, Camera, Microphone, and Location.
• Organized Timeline UI: Modern Jetpack Compose (Material 3) interface with Date/App grouping, category filters, real-time search, and app icon resolution.
• Background Auditing: Periodically polls AppOps state changes in the background using Android WorkManager.
• Privacy First: Fully open-source, entirely offline, and stores data strictly on your device.

How it Works

Standard Android apps cannot access elevated permission auditing APIs without root orADB-level shell privileges. OpTrace executes privileged appops dump commands (cmd appops dump / dumpsys appops) to capture full system snapshot diffs over time.

Privilege Methods:

1. Root (Magisk / KernelSU / APatch / su): Executes privileged shell queries directly on-device.
2. Shizuku: ADB-level privilege integration (In Progress).

Requirements

• Android 7.0+ (API 24+)
• Rooted device (Magisk, KernelSU, APatch, etc.) OR Shizuku .

License

Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). See LICENSE for details.