TsudaKageyu/minhook

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MinHook is a minimalistic, lightweight C library for intercepting (hooking) x86 and x64 function calls on Windows, using a trampoline/detour mechanism similar to Microsoft Detours. It provides a simple API to create, enable, disable, and remove hooks on arbitrary functions or Win32 APIs from user-mode code.

Use cases

• hook winapi functions on windows
• intercept calls to a dll function
• api hooking library alternative to microsoft detours
• create a directx overlay by hooking present
• redirect a windows api call to my own implementation
• monitor or log function calls in a native application

When to choose

• You need user-mode function hooking on Windows for both x86 and x64
• You want a tiny footprint and a plain C API with no dependencies
• You prefer a permissive BSD-2-Clause license over Microsoft Detours' licensing
• You need an easy-to-integrate library with CMake, NuGet, MinGW, and Visual Studio support

When to avoid

• You need hooking on Linux, macOS, or other non-Windows platforms
• You require ARM64 or other non-x86/x64 architectures
• You need kernel-mode or driver-level hooking
• You need managed/.NET runtime hooking rather than native function detours

Facets

library · maturity stable

reverse-engineering security developer-tools security developer-tools gaming-tools operating-systems windows cpp api-hooking function-interception detours trampoline x86 x64 winapi dll-injection game-modding user-mode-hooking cmake mingw

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