ByteHide Shield vs Obfuscator-LLVM
ByteHide Shield
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| Figure | ByteHide Shield | Obfuscator-LLVM |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Code Obfuscation Software | 8.1 (#9) | 7.4 (#25) |
| Purpose | Shield protects application code from decompilation, reverse engineering, and tampering through obfuscation and runtime protection. | Obfuscator-LLVM is an open-source LLVM fork intended to strengthen software against reverse engineering and modification at compile time. |
| Supported targets | Shield supports .NET, JavaScript and TypeScript, Android, and iOS applications. | The project lists LLVM targets including x86, x86-64, PowerPC, ARM, Thumb, SPARC, Alpha, CellSPU, MIPS, MSP430, SystemZ, and XCore. |
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In their own words
ByteHide Shield
ByteHide Shield has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Obfuscator-LLVM
Obfuscator-LLVM is a free, open-source LLVM fork for Linux that applies obfuscation while software is compiled. It is intended to make programs harder to reverse engineer or modify. Listed passes include instruction substitution, bogus control flow, and control-flow flattening, with function annotations also available. Its intermediate-representation approach covers languages supported by LLVM, including C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, and Fortran. Listed targets include x86, x86-64, PowerPC, ARM, Thumb, SPARC, Alpha, CellSPU, MIPS, MSP430, SystemZ, and XCore. Installation involves cloning the source repository, then building with CMake and make; binaries are placed in build/bin. The guide describes compiler use through Clang, autotools, and a custom Xcode plugin. The latest official non-development branch is llvm-4.0, based on LLVM 4.0.1. The project says obfuscated code can be slower and larger, and describes itself as an advanced prototype needing more testing before production use.