# Cracked5pider/Stardust

A modern 32/64-bit position independent implant template

Repository: https://github.com/Cracked5pider/Stardust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stardust
Homepage: https://5pider.net/blog/2024/01/27/modern-shellcode-implant-design
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-01T15:10:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1656, "days_push": 93, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1364, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.046499+00:00)

## What it is
Stardust is a modern 32/64-bit position independent shellcode (implant) template written in C++20. It provides compile-time FNV-1a hashing for module and API resolution, raw string support, and a modular instance-based design for building PIC payloads.

## Use cases
- build position independent shellcode implants
- resolve modules and APIs at runtime via PEB walking
- write shellcode with raw strings and global variables
- develop red team implant templates
- compile-time hash strings to avoid import tables
- create 32-bit and 64-bit PIC payloads

## When to choose
- you need a modern, maintainable position independent implant template
- you want compile-time string hashing and raw string support in shellcode
- you are building offensive security tooling or red team implants
- you want to avoid reflective DLL loader patterns

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose application framework
- your project requires a permissive or OSI-approved license (the repo has none)
- you are not doing low-level Windows offensive or security research
- you need production defensive tooling rather than offensive templates

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: security, compiler, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, reverse-engineering, windows
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: shellcode, position-independent-code, implant-template, offensive-security, red-team, compile-time-hashing, peb-walking, malware-development

## Member repositories
- Cracked5pider/Stardust (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.046499+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 2026-08-30T04:41:17.742890+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Cracked5pider/Stardust (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.046499+00:00, sha 46061d0f1f2c)
  - homepage: https://5pider.net/blog/2024/01/27/modern-shellcode-implant-design (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:35.927153+00:00, sha 6b5abaf05c2c)
  - site_page: https://5pider.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:35.937718+00:00, sha 13fa1ad7e5f8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.