{"id":24362,"library":"pymemoryeditor","title":"PyMemoryEditor","description":"PyMemoryEditor is a multi-platform Python library developed with ctypes for reading, writing, and searching process memory. It provides a simple and friendly API for memory manipulation, supporting Python 3.6+. The current version is 1.6.0, released with moderate cadence, targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS.","status":"active","version":"1.6.0","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/JeanExtreme002/PyMemoryEditor","tags":["memory-editor","process-memory","ctypes","cheat-engine","game-hacking","memory-reading","memory-writing"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install pymemoryeditor","lang":"bash","label":"Install via pip"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"Main entry point for attaching to a process.","symbol":"OpenProcess","correct":"from pymemoryeditor import OpenProcess"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from pymemoryeditor import OpenProcess\n\n# Attach to a process by name (e.g., 'notepad.exe')\nwith OpenProcess(process_name='notepad.exe') as proc:\n    # Read an integer at a specific address\n    address = 0x7FF... # Replace with actual address\n    value = proc.read_int(address)\n    print(f\"Read value: {value}\")\n    # Write a new value\n    proc.write_int(address, 42)\n    print(\"Written 42 to address\")","lang":"python","description":"Open a process by name and read/write memory."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Run your script as administrator (Windows) or with sudo (Linux/macOS).","message":"Permissions: Opening a process may require administrator/root privileges, especially for system processes. Without proper permissions, OpenProcess may fail silently or raise an exception.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Upgrade to Python 3.7 or later.","message":"Python 3.6 support: As of version 1.6.0, Python 3.6 is still supported but may be dropped in future releases. Users on older Python versions should upgrade.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":"<=1.6.0"},{"fix":"Ensure your address size matches the target process bitness.","message":"Memory address architecture: Use 64-bit addresses (e.g., 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) on 64-bit processes. Using 32-bit addresses may lead to AccessViolation.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Test on your target platform. For Linux, ensure ptrace is enabled (e.g., ptrace_scope=0).","message":"Platform-specific: The library uses ctypes and platform-specific APIs (e.g., Windows kernel32, Linux ptrace). Some features may not work identically across all platforms.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run the Python script as administrator (Windows) or with sudo (Linux/macOS).","cause":"Insufficient privileges to open the target process.","error":"PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied"},{"fix":"Verify the process is running and the name is exact (case-sensitive on Linux). Use tasklist (Windows) or ps (Linux) to list processes.","cause":"The specified process name or PID does not exist.","error":"ProcessLookupError: [Errno 3] No such process"},{"fix":"Ensure the address is valid and writable. Use a memory scanner to confirm the address belongs to the target process.","cause":"Attempting to write to an invalid or protected memory address.","error":"OSError: exception: access violation writing 0x..."}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}