CoSMOS vs PINCE

CoSMOS is a free self-service gamehacking tool for people who want to modify their own games while waiting for trainers. It is offered in Steam Deck, PC Beginner, and PC Advanced versions, with options for beginners and experienced gamehackers. The Steam Deck edition is a native application for Linux and Steam Deck, with a simplified memory scanner and built-in disassembler. PC Beginner is integrated with Cheat Happens Aurora. PC Advanced includes a memory scanner, VEH debugger, script engine, disassembler, dump viewer, speedhack, .NET assembly explorer, reference search, process viewers, and script editor; its listed version is 6.1.5. CoSMOS uses hardware-accelerated scans and can read and import 99% of CheatEngine tables. The free tool requires no registration, has no locked features, and includes no adware or hidden software. Cheat Happens provides technical support through its message board. The maker advises using cheats and trainers offline only and says it does not make cheats for online or multiplayer games.

PINCE is a Linux GDB front end and reverse engineering tool focused on games, though its maker says it can also serve other reverse engineering work. It is free at free and licensed under GPLv3+. Its memory tools support scanning memory and pointers, inspecting and changing variables, and locking variables. Debugging features include stepping, breakpoints, watchpoints, tracking, tracing, stack traces, and signal handling. The built-in speedhack supports Linux native and WINE/Proton processes without LD_PRELOAD or other libraries. Runtime injection supports native.so files and WINE/Proton DLL files, and the Mono/IL2CPP dissector can browse classes, fields, and methods in those process types. Users can save address tables, bookmarks, notes, and structures in.pct session files. PINCE includes a scripting engine and reusable Python library. The project directs users to its latest AppImage release, stated to run on distributions as new as or newer than Ubuntu 22.04; older distributions are not officially supported. Official local development support includes Kubuntu 22.04+ and Arch Linux, with Debian 12+, Fedora 35+, and OpenSUSE partially supported.