# hasherezade/exe_to_dll

Converts a EXE into DLL

Repository: https://github.com/hasherezade/exe_to_dll
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exe_to_dll
Language: C++
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-09-15T00:45:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 42, release rhythm 47, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2330, "days_push": 353, "days_rel": 354, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1373, forks 206 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.795080+00:00)

## What it is
A command-line tool that converts a Windows EXE into a DLL that can be loaded like a library, exporting the original entry point as a 'Start' function. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit PE files and is aimed at reverse engineering and malware analysis workflows.

## Use cases
- convert an exe into a dll
- load an exe like a library
- call functions inside an exe via rundll32
- analyze malware samples by converting them to dlls
- export an exe's entry point as a dll function

## When to choose
- you need to load or invoke an EXE's code as a DLL for analysis
- you want to call the original entry point of a PE via rundll32 or LoadLibrary

## When to avoid
- you need to convert DLLs into EXEs
- you work with non-PE binaries such as ELF or Mach-O
- you need a GUI tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: reverse-engineering, cli, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, cli
- tags: pe-files, malware-analysis, binary-conversion, portable-executable, command-line

## Member repositories
- hasherezade/exe_to_dll (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.795080+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:42.362479+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hasherezade/exe_to_dll (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.795080+00:00, sha 4e8e69bb8ca6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.