DosX-dev/BatchToApp

This system is a desktop application that compiles Windows batch scripts into standalone executables or hidden batch files. It provides capabilities for optimizing script size, obfuscating logic to hide source code, and embedding the script within a compiled binary for secure execution. The tool includes a graphical interface and supports configuration for window visibility and target architecture.

The application now compiles .bat and .cmd scripts into standalone Windows executables (.exe, .com) or fake batch files (.bat, .cmd). Users can configure the output to run as a console or hidden window, target x86 or x64 architectures, and apply batch script optimizations such as removing comments and trimming unnecessary characters. The tool also includes an obfuscation engine that mutates label names and command calls to hide the original script logic, along with an option to mark the output file with system attributes for protection.

source · high confidence

The application project is initialized with core configuration files defining the assembly identity (BatchToApp v1.8.0.0), application behavior (Windows authentication, single-instance disabled, visual styles enabled), and embedded resources. These resources include a logo, help documentation, build headers, and a C\# code stub, which are integrated into the application via the generated resource manager.

source/My Project · high confidence

The Builder now includes a new C\# stub (stub.cs) and a header script (headers.cmd) that handle the runtime execution of converted applications. The stub embeds a compressed batch script, decompresses it to a temporary file, sets specific file attributes (including hidden and read-only flags), executes it, and then cleans up the temporary file. This change introduces a new mechanism for launching the generated batch scripts as standalone applications.

source/Builder · high confidence

Added a new test project (Obfuscator.RegressionTests) that validates the batch file obfuscator's behavior. The tests verify that only definitions and real references are mutated, conditional and dynamic GOTO targets remain functional, complex labels and EOF prefixes are handled correctly, state does not leak between runs, line endings are preserved, and V2 mode keeps continuations and blocks intact without inserting fake labels.

source/tests · high confidence

The repository now includes the main application project (BatchToApp.vbproj) targeting .NET Framework 4.7.2, which contains the core logic for batch optimization, compression, and obfuscation, along with a Windows Forms UI. Additionally, a new regression test project (Obfuscator.RegressionTests.vbproj) has been added, targeting .NET 8.0, to verify the obfuscator component.

(dependencies) · high confidence

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

• CAI 40 → 48 (+8.1)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.15 → rubric-2026.09.16) — scores are not directly comparable.

• Code Health 88 → 86 (-2.1)
• Architecture 69 → 69 (+0.0)
• Maturity 41 → 43 (+1.6)
• Readiness 17 → 33 (+16.6)
• Security 100 → 100 (+0.0)

• Build did not complete in the analyzer
• Change coupling: MainWindow.vb ↔ Obfuscator.vb (source/MainWindow.vb)
• Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) (source/BonfireUI.vb)
• Duplicated block (9 lines × 2) (source/BonfireUI.vb)
• No automated tests
• No exposed public API
• No tests found
• Shell project: BatchToApp (source/BatchToApp.vbproj)
• Test reliability not included
• XML-doc coverage: BatchToApp (source/BatchToApp.vbproj)
• early-stage repository — too few commits for a meaningful bus factor
• early-stage repository — too little history to judge knowledge freshness

• Coverage not measured — no coverage collector is wired up
• Duplicated block (10 lines × 2) (source/BonfireUI.vb)
• Duplicated block (7 lines × 3) (source/BonfireUI.vb)
• FileTooLong: source/Obfuscator.vb (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• Hotspot: source/Obfuscator.vb (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• No ADRs found
• Obfuscator.FindIfActionStart (cognitive 18) (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• Obfuscator.FindIfActionStart (cyclomatic 17) (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• Obfuscator.ObfuscateBatchLabels (cognitive 18) (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• Obfuscator.ParseLabelReference (cognitive 23) (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• Obfuscator.ParseLabelReference (cyclomatic 19) (source/Obfuscator.vb)
• TooManyMethods: Obfuscator (source/Obfuscator.vb)

• 7 commits — 6 feature/other, 1 fixes

• source/MainWindow.vb — 2 commits
• source/Obfuscator.vb — 2 commits
• (root) — 1 commit
• source/Builder — 1 commit
• source/tests — 1 commit

• fix: Add obfuscator regression test harness
• change: Add BAT/CMD output options in save dialog
• change: Add gitignore for build artifacts
• change: Enable optimized stub builds without debug info
• change: Harden batch obfuscation and compile flow
• change: Use I/l names for obfuscator internals
• change: Use safe rotating env vars for noise

Written by watchdog.canine.dev from the codebase's own history, inside the signed delivery this page is composed from.

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