CoreDeck

A native desktop application around your Android SDK’s official emulator, avdmanager, and sdkmanager binaries — CoreDeck runs them for you in one place, through a friendly GUI, so you get the same results without hand-writing commands. Use it for everyday work without opening Android Studio. Built with C++20 and Dear ImGui.

Important

You still need the Android SDK and its tooling on your machine. Installing Android Studio is the usual way to get them.

Website: coredeck.dev

Features

• AVD Management — Create, delete, and browse your Android Virtual Devices
• System Image Management — List, install, and uninstall android system images with ease
• Emulator Control — Launch, stop, or wipe & run AVDs with one click
• Per-AVD Options — Configure GPU, RAM, CPU cores, camera, network, boot mode, and more
• Live Log Viewer — Stream emulator output in real time with search and auto-scroll
• SDK Auto-Detection — Picks up your Android SDK from environment variables or standard paths
• Guided Setup — Onboarding wizard to configure the SDK on first run
• Cross-Platform — Runs natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Preview

AVD List & Options	Running Emulator & Logs
Browse AVDs with per-device options and details	Live emulator output with search and auto-scroll

Create New AVD & List, Install, Remove System Images	Wipe User Data
Configure system image, device, RAM, and GPU mode	Clear heavy and unused AVD data

Downloads

Grab the latest release for your platform from the Releases page:

Platform	Architecture	File
Windows	x86-64	.msi / .zip
macOS	Apple Silicon	.tar.gz
Linux	x86-64, ARM64	.tar.gz

Build from source

Linux dependencies (Ubuntu/Debian):

build-essential does not include CMake, so it's listed separately:

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libcurl4-openssl-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxext-dev

Build:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/devmuaz/CoreDeck.git
cd CoreDeck
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --config Release --parallel

If you already cloned without --recursive:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the branching model, PR guidelines, and how to get started.

License

See LICENSE for details.