eliben/pyelftools
Parsing ELF and DWARF in Python observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4834
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 34
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2275 stars · 546 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
pyelftools is a pure-Python library with no external dependencies for parsing ELF binaries and DWARF debugging information. It lets Python code inspect executable structure, sections, symbols, and debug metadata.
Use cases
- parse ELF binary sections and symbols in Python
- extract DWARF debug info from executables
- analyze ELF files without external tools
- inspect binary metadata for security analysis
- build tooling that reads ELF/DWARF programmatically
When to choose
- you need a dependency-free pure-Python ELF/DWARF parser
- you want to inspect binaries from Python scripts or tools
When to avoid
- you need to parse non-ELF formats like PE or Mach-O
- you need extremely high-performance binary parsing
Facets
library · maturity stable
parser developer-tools developer-tools parsers python cross-platform elf dwarf binary-analysis pure-python debugging-info debugging
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/eliben/pyelftools · fetched 2026-08-28 · 071bedf3933d
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyelftools/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · d0985e12f6ff
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| eliben/pyelftools | main | 75 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="eliben/pyelftools")
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