Decision Workspace
extract-shellcode vs pe-sigscan vs portex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
extract-shellcode
experimentalv0.1.2
Small Rust toolkit for pulling shellcode out of a Windows PE and (optionally) executing it in-memory
53
pe-sigscan
experimentalv0.4.0
Fast in-process byte-pattern (signature) scanning over the .text and other executable sections of a loaded PE module on Windows. Supports IDA-style wildcard patterns.
42
portex
experimentalv0.1.0
A PE (Portable Executable) file reader/writer library
Core Metrics
| extract-shellcode | pe-sigscan | portex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 53 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 48 | 140 | 90 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Releases | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 85d ago | 1d ago | 101d ago |
| Age | 3m | 23d | 3m |
Health Breakdown
extract-shellcode
Maintenance
14
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
pe-sigscan
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
portex
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| extract-shellcode | pe-sigscan | portex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 0.4.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 517KB | 104KB | 57KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pe-sigscan leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.