Vanara VS cheat-engine

Compare Vanara vs cheat-engine and see what are their differences.

Vanara

A set of .NET libraries for Windows implementing PInvoke calls to many native Windows APIs with supporting wrappers. (by dahall)

cheat-engine

Cheat Engine. A development environment focused on modding (by cheat-engine)
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Vanara cheat-engine
5 169
1,694 13,574
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7.4 8.6
4 days ago 21 days ago
C# Pascal
MIT License -
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Vanara

Posts with mentions or reviews of Vanara. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-11.
  • PInvoke.net: the interop wiki
    2 projects | /r/dotnet | 11 Mar 2023
    I came across Vanara not long ago, very comprehensive library set to avoid importing/declaring everything yourself: dahall/Vanara: A set of .NET libraries for Windows implementing PInvoke calls to many native Windows APIs with supporting wrappers.
  • Looking for ideas about securing automated scripts.
    1 project | /r/PowerShell | 12 Oct 2022
    This is an advanced concept and should be contemplated if you feel confortable with C# programming. You can extend the Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI). Check the development documentation. Use Vanara to extend the functionality.
  • Should you use c# for memory manipulation
    5 projects | /r/csharp | 17 May 2022
    I have a lot of C# P/Invoke / interop experience. Almost everything is possible in C#, I swear. Just keep in mind that C/C++ users have Windows.h include (meta-include which references thousands of another useful includes) that contain every single public fuction, structure or enum definition, i. e. you just go ahead and use it (while having to link against necessary libs correctly ofc). When you do the same thing in C# you have to P/Invoke through all this stuff by yourself. Consider taking a look at Vanara.PInvoke (https://github.com/dahall/Vanara), these packages might help you a lot in case you do not want to dive that deep.
  • Would you want/use an improved interface to native Win32 APIs for .NET?
    4 projects | /r/dotnet | 24 Nov 2021
  • One Commander – a new Windows 10 file browser
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Mar 2021
    Interesting that it was built in .Net and appears to be using WPF with a few improvements[1].

    It also refers to Vanara[2] which looks interesting as a safe utility wrapper to the Windows API.

    [1]:https://github.com/Kinnara/ModernWpf

    [2]:https://github.com/dahall/Vanara

cheat-engine

Posts with mentions or reviews of cheat-engine. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-06.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Vanara and cheat-engine you can also consider the following projects:

pinvoke - A library containing all P/Invoke code so you don't have to import it every time. Maintained and updated to support the latest Windows OS.

rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger

CsWin32 - A source generator to add a user-defined set of Win32 P/Invoke methods and supporting types to a C# project.

steamtinkerlaunch - Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs

Conari - 🧬 One-touch unmanaged memory, runtime dynamic use of the unmanaged native C/C++ in .NET world, related P/Invoke features, and …

steamtinkerlaunch - Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs [Moved to: https://github.com/sonic2kk/steamtinkerlaunch]

vst.net - Virtual Studio Technology (VST) for .NET. Plugins and Host applications.

lutris - Lutris desktop client

terrafx.interop.windows - Interop bindings for Windows.

RDTSC-KVM-Handler - my patches for linux kernel to spoof rdtsc and make vm exit undetected

ModernWpf - Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications

steamtinkerlaunch-tweaks - optional tweakfiles for steamtinkerlaunch