Pymem support for Linux

[DannyS124]

Summary

I'd like to propose adding Linux support to pymem, leveraging the /proc file system to implement the same read/write functionality currently available on Windows.

This would allow Python-based memory editing on Linux games like AssaultCube, CS:GO, or native apps — in the same way pymem supports Windows processes.

Proposed Features for Linux

• Attach to processes by name or PID using /proc
• Read/write process memory via /proc/<pid>/mem
• Parse memory regions using /proc/<pid>/maps
• Basic value reading/writing (ints, floats, strings)
• Resolve pointer chains (multi-level pointers)

Advanced (Future) Features

• Memory scanner (exact value / range)
• Memory patching
• AOB (pattern) scanning
• mprotect/ptrace memory protections
• .so injection via LD_PRELOAD or ptrace

There is currently no widely-supported cross-platform Python memory editing library. Making pymem support Linux

The core structure could mirror Windows:

• Linux process class using psutil
• Memory access via direct file I/O
• Utils for type conversions and pointer resolution

Would the core team be open to this?

Thanks!

[qb-0]

I've opened already a issue regarding pymem and linux. #72
It doesn't seems to get realized.

However if that helps, I have a few projects which supports linux memory editing:

https://github.com/qb-0/PymemLinux
Better: https://github.com/qb-0/RW-Mem-C
Bigger project: https://github.com/qb-0/pyMeow