# blackberry/pe_tree

Python module for viewing Portable Executable (PE) files in a tree-view using pefile and PyQt5. Can also be used with IDA Pro and Rekall to dump in-memory PE files and reconstruct imports.

Repository: https://github.com/blackberry/pe_tree
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pe_tree
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-07-09T03:36:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2228, "days_push": 1516, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1343, forks 173 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:26.436305+00:00)

## What it is
PE Tree is a Python module and standalone GUI application for viewing Portable Executable (PE) files in a tree-view, built on pefile and PyQt5. It integrates with IDA Pro, Ghidra, Volatility, Rekall, and minidump to dump in-memory PE files and reconstruct import tables.

## Use cases
- inspect PE headers of an exe or dll in a tree view
- dump in-memory PE files from a Windows memory dump
- reconstruct import tables of an unpacked malware sample
- carve PE files from a binary blob
- analyze a Windows minidump for embedded executables
- view PE files inside IDA Pro or Ghidra
- compare PE samples visually with a rainbow PE map

## When to choose
- you need a visual tree-view of PE file structures
- you are doing malware analysis or memory forensics on Windows binaries
- you want to dump and reconstruct PE files from memory dumps or minidumps
- you want a plugin for IDA Pro, Ghidra, Volatility, or Rekall

## When to avoid
- you only need programmatic PE parsing without a GUI (use pefile directly)
- you analyze non-PE formats like ELF or Mach-O
- you need automated bulk analysis rather than interactive inspection

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: reverse-engineering, gui, parser, security
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, windows, developer-tools
- platform: python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: pe-files, malware-analysis, ida-pro-plugin, ghidra-plugin, volatility, memory-forensics, import-reconstruction, binary-carving, pyqt5, pefile, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- blackberry/pe_tree (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.436305+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 2026-08-30T04:42:53.402899+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/blackberry/pe_tree (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.436305+00:00, sha 7e573bd6f87e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pe_tree/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:02:13.407641+00:00, sha dae05478883d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.