Decision Workspace
pwninit vs goblin vs elf
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
pwninit
growingv3.3.2
automate starting binary exploit challenges
71
goblin
growingv0.10.5
An impish, cross-platform, ELF, Mach-o, and PE binary parsing and loading crate
61
elf
growingv0.8.0
A pure-rust library for parsing ELF files
Core Metrics
| pwninit | goblin | elf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 71 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 40.5K | 43.6M | 6.5M |
| 30d Downloads | 685 | 4.2M | 486.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3.6K | 995 |
| Releases | 19 | 64 | 26 |
| Last Updated | 110d ago | 43d ago | 318d ago |
| Age | 6y 4m | 9y 10m | 11y 2m |
Health Breakdown
pwninit
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
goblin
Maintenance
17
Quality
16
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
elf
Maintenance
6
Quality
18
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| pwninit | goblin | elf | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 3.3.2 | 0.10.5 | 0.8.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 258KB | 97KB |
| Features | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 3.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | 1.81.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •goblin leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •goblin is depended on by 3.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •goblin, elf are pre-1.0 — API may change.