Decision Workspace
pwnkit vs pwninit vs happy-cracking
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
pwnkit
experimentalv0.1.0
CTF exploit development toolkit — pwntools, rewritten in Rust
46
pwninit
growingv3.3.2
automate starting binary exploit challenges
40
happy-cracking
experimentalv0.2.0
A fast, comprehensive CTF toolkit for cryptographic encoding/decoding, classic ciphers, hash operations, and analysis tools
Core Metrics
| pwnkit | pwninit | happy-cracking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 46 | 40 |
| Total Downloads | 11 | 40.5K | 31 |
| 30d Downloads | 11 | 656 | 18 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 110d ago | 26d ago |
| Age | 4d | 6y 4m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
pwnkit
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
1
Documentation
12
pwninit
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
3
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
happy-cracking
Maintenance
12
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| pwnkit | pwninit | happy-cracking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 3.3.2 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 20 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 25KB | 112KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pwnkit leads with a health score of 46/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pwninit has the most downloads (40.5K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •pwnkit, happy-cracking are pre-1.0 — API may change.