# milabs/awesome-linux-rootkits

awesome-linux-rootkits

Repository: https://github.com/milabs/awesome-linux-rootkits
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-linux-rootkits
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, awesome-list, linux, linux-kernel, rootkit, lkm-rootkit
Last push: 2026-02-15T02:29:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2986, "days_push": 200, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2094, forks 266 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.141213+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of Linux rootkits, covering both user-mode (LD_PRELOAD) and kernel-mode (LKM) rootkits with a feature comparison table. It serves as a reference catalog for security research, detection research, and understanding rootkit capabilities.

## Use cases
- find open source linux rootkits for research
- compare features of LKM rootkits
- study LD_PRELOAD userland rootkit techniques
- research rootkit detection evasion methods
- find academic rootkit projects for learning kernel internals
- build a rootkit detector by studying known techniques

## When to choose
- you need a catalog of existing Linux rootkit projects with capability comparisons
- you are researching rootkit techniques or building detection tooling
- you want examples of syscall hooking and stealth techniques on Linux

## When to avoid
- you need a defensive security tool rather than a reference list
- you want a maintained rootkit itself rather than links to third-party projects
- you are not working on Linux systems

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- domain: security, operating-systems, awesome-lists
- platform: cli
- tags: awesome-list, rootkit, lkm, ld-preload, kernel-module, offensive-security, curated-list, linux

## Member repositories
- milabs/awesome-linux-rootkits (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.141213+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:55:25.923397+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/milabs/awesome-linux-rootkits (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.141213+00:00, sha 38445bab37bb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.