{"adoption": {"forks": 541, "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "stars": 2064}, "canonical_url": "https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pefile", "card": {"archived": false, "artifact_type": "library", "description": "pefile is a Python module to read and work with PE (Portable Executable) files", "domain": ["security", "reverse-engineering", "files", "developer-tools"], "enriched": true, "function": ["parser", "security", "developer-tools"], "health_score": 87, "homepage": null, "language": "Python", "license": "MIT", "license_family": "permissive", "maturity": "stable", "member_repos": ["erocarrera/pefile"], "name": "erocarrera/pefile", "platform": ["python", "cross-platform"], "pushed_at": "2026-08-21T22:29:03+00:00", "repo": "erocarrera/pefile", "stars": 2064, "tags": ["pe-files", "portable-executable", "malware-analysis", "binary-parsing", "windows-binaries"], "topics": [], "urls": [], "use_cases": ["parse headers and sections from exe and dll files in python", "analyze PE files for malware research", "extract strings and resources from a windows executable", "detect packers in a PE binary using PEiD signatures", "read and modify fields in a portable executable", "inspect embedded data inside a PE file"], "what_it_is": "pefile is a multi-platform Python module for parsing and working with Portable Executable (PE) files such as EXE and DLL binaries. It exposes PE headers, sections, resources, and embedded data as Python attributes, and supports inspection, modification, and packer detection.", "when_to_avoid": ["you need to parse non-PE formats like ELF or Mach-O", "you need to restructure or rebuild PE files with new sections (modification support is limited)", "you need a GUI-based static analysis tool rather than a library"], "when_to_choose": ["you need to programmatically inspect or analyze Windows PE binaries in Python", "you're doing malware analysis, reverse engineering, or binary forensics", "you want a pure-Python, cross-platform PE parser with no heavy dependencies"]}, "data_as_of": "2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00", "members": [{"path": "/products/pefile", "repo": "erocarrera/pefile", "role": "main", "score": 67}], "provenance": {"archived": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "artifact_type": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "description": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "domain": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "enriched": {"inputs": [], "kind": "computed", "method": "enrichment_status"}, "function": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "health_score": {"inputs": ["days_since_push", "days_since_release", "archived"], "kind": "computed", "method": "health_v1"}, "homepage": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "language": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "license_family": {"inputs": ["license"], "kind": "computed", "method": "license_family"}, "maturity": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "member_repos": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "name": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "platform": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "pushed_at": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "repo": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "stars": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "tags": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "topics": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "urls": {"kind": "observed", "observed_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "source": "github"}, "use_cases": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "what_it_is": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_avoid": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}, "when_to_choose": {"confidence": null, "enriched_at": "2026-08-30T02:57:08.374294+00:00", "kind": "inferred", "prompt_version": 1, "sources": [{"content_hash": "16035bb82688b8f644931e990d51331d7bc334f1020773a344976436c2b5cea2", "fetched_at": "2026-08-28T04:06:10.030111+00:00", "kind": "readme", "missing": false, "url": "https://github.com/erocarrera/pefile"}, {"content_hash": "939c8db7c7ccc47ff2d78e16f96958694fa018169868050e109cff2c1e594d8a", "fetched_at": "2026-08-29T10:37:18.275176+00:00", "kind": "registry_pypi", "missing": false, "url": "https://pypi.org/pypi/pefile/json"}], "taxonomy_version": 1}}, "score": {"components": {"activity": 98, "longevity": 100, "rhythm": 8}, "computed_at": "2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00", "flags": [], "formula": "round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)", "inputs": {"age_days": 4160, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}, "score": 67, "version": 2}, "staleness": {"enrichment_outdated": false, "low_confidence": false, "scrape_days": 9, "stale_scrape": false}}