Decision Workspace
crackers vs shelter vs xgadget
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
crackers
experimentalv0.9.0
A tool for synthesizing Code Reuse Attacks (ROP chains) using Ghidra's p-code and Z3
40
shelter
growingv0.1.2
ROP-based sleep obfuscation to evade memory scanners.
39
xgadget
growingv0.11.1
Fast, parallel, cross-variant ROP/JOP gadget search for x86/x64 binaries.
Core Metrics
| crackers | shelter | xgadget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 40 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 5.3K | 4.4K | 20.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 80 | 20 | 37 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| Last Updated | 92d ago | 278d ago | 854d ago |
| Age | 8m | 2y 1m | 5y 9m |
Health Breakdown
crackers
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
2
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
shelter
Maintenance
7
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
xgadget
Maintenance
4
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| crackers | shelter | xgadget | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 0.1.2 | 0.11.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| Crate Size | 57KB | 17KB | 66KB |
| Features | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •crackers leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •xgadget has the most downloads (20.2K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ xgadget has not been updated in over a year.