# tyranid/oleviewdotnet

A .net OLE/COM viewer and inspector to merge functionality of OleView and Test Container

Repository: https://github.com/tyranid/oleviewdotnet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/oleviewdotnet
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-12-09T23:17:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5779, "days_push": 632, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1417, forks 197 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.105617+00:00)

## What it is
OleView.NET is a .NET application that merges the classic SDK tools OleView and Test Container into one COM/OLE viewer and inspector. It lets users find COM objects by CLSID, ProgID, or server executable, enumerate interfaces, instantiate objects, invoke methods, and attach ActiveX objects to a basic container, with both a GUI and a PowerShell module.

## Use cases
- enumerate COM objects registered on Windows by CLSID or ProgID
- inspect COM interfaces and invoke methods on instances
- test ActiveX controls in a container and view their display output
- analyze COM server executables during reverse engineering
- script COM inspection tasks from PowerShell
- debug COM interop issues in .NET applications

## When to choose
- you need a modern replacement for the classic OleView and Test Container tools on Windows
- you want to explore or test COM/ActiveX objects interactively or via PowerShell
- you are reverse-engineering or auditing Windows COM-based software

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform COM tool (this is Windows-only)
- you want to run the PowerShell module in PowerShell 7+ or modern .NET, which removed required COM interop features
- you need a general-purpose debugger rather than a COM inspector

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, gui, cli
- domain: developer-tools, windows, security, reverse-engineering
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: com, ole, activex, powershell-module, inspection, interop

## Member repositories
- tyranid/oleviewdotnet (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.105617+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 2026-08-30T04:38:02.989447+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tyranid/oleviewdotnet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.105617+00:00, sha d1287933691f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.