nt_wrapper

A header only wrapper library around native windows system APIs.

WARNING: the API of version 2 is still unstable

Highlights of currently implemented features

System information:

• Handles enumeration -> ntw::system::handles
• Process enumeration -> ntw::system::processes
  • Threads enumeration -> ntw::system::thread_info
• Loaded drivers enumeration -> ntw::system::loaded_drivers
• Memory operations with RAII constructs -> ntw::memory

Object manipulation:

• Process -> ntw::ob::process
• Thread -> ntw::ob::thread
• File -> ntw::ob::file
• Token -> ntw::ob::token
• Registry -> ntw::ob::registry And more

Design goals

• No exceptions - if a function can fail it will return a status code.
• No overhead - every single abstraction is costless and is as fast as it can be.
• Ease of developer use - it is a much more consistent and pleasant to work with compared to win32.

Why?

The main reason to choose this library over existing windows constructs are:

• Speed - even with lazy_importer you code is likely to be faster compared to win32 API.
• Ease of use - the language of choice is c++ and allows you to use modern alternatives to old C.
• Obfuscation - it is a lot harder to reverse engineer an application which uses obfuscated imports or direct syscalls.

Installing dependencies using vcpkg

> git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
> cd vcpkg
> ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
> ./vcpkg install phnt ms-gsl