pwndbg VS quark-engine

Compare pwndbg vs quark-engine and see what are their differences.

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pwndbg quark-engine
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6,700 1,223
3.8% 2.3%
9.5 8.3
6 days ago 8 days ago
Python Python
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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pwndbg

Posts with mentions or reviews of pwndbg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-21.
  • Any tips for newish C debugging please.
    1 project | /r/neovim | 1 Feb 2023
    By far the best debugger for C is gdb+pwndbg (https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg)
  • Need help installing pwndbg on Kali Linux
    2 projects | /r/securityCTF | 21 Jan 2023
  • Hacked GDB Dashboard Puts It All on Display
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Mar 2022
    There are a lot of these types of tools already in the reverse engineering community (in order of lowest chance of breaking when you throw really weird stuff at it):

    GEF: https://gef.readthedocs.io/en/master/

    PWNDBG: https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg

    PEDA: https://github.com/longld/peda

    They also come with a slew of different features to aid in RE/exploit dev, but many of them are also useful for debugging really weird issues.

  • Debugging with GDB
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Mar 2022
    GDB is great. I definitely recommend checking out watchpoints as well, a very useful tool for monitoring how a variable changes over time.

    GDB also has many good plugins - pwndbg has tons of features and UI improvements over stock GDB.

    https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg

  • Making GDB Easier: The TUI Interface
    1 project | dev.to | 30 Jan 2022
    I've recently started a new semester for my Master's program, and the first project for the semester involves using the GDB tool (GNU Debugger) to analyze a stack on a simple C program that contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. A couple of semesters ago, I had been given a VM pre-loaded with a more featured debugger tool called pwndbg. Pwndbg was excellent because it was easy to use and easily allowed accessed to information such as current assembly code being executed and a view of the program registers. So, going back to using GDB felt a little like stepping back into the stone age.
  • Awesome CTF : Top Learning Resource Labs
    72 projects | /r/TutorialBoy | 13 Nov 2021
    Pwndbg - A GDB plugin that provides a suite of utilities to hack around GDB easily.
  • Trouble downloading pwndbg
    1 project | /r/LiveOverflow | 5 May 2021
  • Problem in downloading pwndbg
    1 project | /r/LiveOverflow | 1 May 2021
    i have peda installed on my gdb and now i am trying to install pwndbg with git clone https://github.com/pwndbg/pwndbg cd pwndbg ./setup.sh

quark-engine

Posts with mentions or reviews of quark-engine. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-24.
  • New Tools in Kali Linux 2021.2
    3 projects | /r/HowToHack | 24 Jun 2021
    CloudBrute - To find company(mostly cloud hence the name) infrastructure files and arch to a certain extent Dirsearch - Yet another web app path scanner like Gobuster/Dirbuster FeroxBuster - Rust based tool to perform forced browsing(read about it on GitHub Ghidra - Binary disassembler and decompiler (alternatives are gdb and ISA) Pacu - AWS exploitation framework GitHub Pirates - Kali package tracker(maybe like yay or pacman,not too sure on that one) quark-engine - android malware analysis system here Viscose - very popular and good code editor

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pwndbg and quark-engine you can also consider the following projects:

gef - GEF (GDB Enhanced Features) - a modern experience for GDB with advanced debugging capabilities for exploit devs & reverse engineers on Linux

bitleaker - This tool can decrypt a BitLocker-locked partition with the TPM vulnerability

peda - PEDA - Python Exploit Development Assistance for GDB

feroxbuster - A fast, simple, recursive content discovery tool written in Rust.

pwntools - CTF framework and exploit development library

Veil-Evasion - Veil Evasion is no longer supported, use Veil 3.0!

gdb-dashboard - Modular visual interface for GDB in Python

Veil - Veil 3.1.X (Check version info in Veil at runtime)

one_gadget - The best tool for finding one gadget RCE in libc.so.6

pacu - The AWS exploitation framework, designed for testing the security of Amazon Web Services environments.

voltron - A hacky debugger UI for hackers

udcide - Android Malware Behavior Deleter