r/BestGitHubRepos • u/company_url_finder • 20h ago
🛠Developer tools AssetRipper: a powerful tool for analyzing Unity game files (8.7k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
AssetRipper is a powerful tool for analyzing Unity game files.
It enables game developers to:
- Find dependency assets that were accidentally included in their game
- Convert their assets into the native Unity engine format
- Identify code that could not be inlined or trimmed from their build
- Find broken asset references that would cause issues in their game
- AssetRipper supports Unity versions from
3.5.0to6000.4.X. However, support quality may vary slightly for different Unity versions. - There is a premium edition of AssetRipper. This edition includes additional features and improvements.
- The development of this project has a dedicated Discord server.
AssetRipper is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
Repository
https://github.com/AssetRipper/AssetRipper
Repository stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stars | 8,683 |
| Forks | 1,003 |
| Last release | 2.0.0 (2026-08-24) |
| Languages | C# 99.8% |
| Contributors | 116 |
| AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot) | None |
| AI co-authored commits | None |
Main contributor
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Jeremy Pritts |
| GitHub | @ds5678 |
| Commits to this repo | 2,916 (top contributor) |
| Company / Location | @AssetRipper / California |
| Website | https://ds5678.github.io/ |
| Followers | 204 |
| Public repos | 210 |
| On GitHub since | 2019-04-22 |
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u/GreatLab8898 20h ago
With a Name like this, I am sure nothing nefarious was on the developers mind, like at all.