# pedramamini/awesome-yara

A curated list of awesome YARA rules, tools, and people.

Repository: https://github.com/pedramamini/awesome-yara
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-yara
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: yara-rules, yara-signatures, yara, malware-rules, malware-analysis, malware-research, malware-detection, yara-scanner, yara-manager, threat-hunting, awesome, awesome-yara, awesome-list, ioc
Last push: 2026-06-15T19:57:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3297, "days_push": 79, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4262, forks 552 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.621882+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of YARA rules, tools, guides, services, and community resources for malware analysis and threat hunting. It aggregates links to rule collections, syntax highlighters, talks, and notable YARA community members.

## Use cases
- find yara rules for malware detection
- discover yara scanning tools
- learn how to write yara rules
- find threat hunting resources
- locate public malware signature collections
- follow yara community contributors

## When to choose
- you need a starting point to discover YARA rules, tools, and learning material
- you are building a malware detection or threat hunting workflow and want curated resources
- you want to keep up with the YARA community and events like 100 Days of YARA

## When to avoid
- you need the YARA engine itself rather than a list of resources
- you need actively maintained detection rules rather than links to third-party collections
- you want a tool that runs or manages YARA scans directly

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, developer-tools
- domain: security, awesome-lists, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: yara, malware-analysis, threat-hunting, curated-list, awesome-list

## Member repositories
- pedramamini/awesome-yara (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.621882+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 2026-08-29T18:22:04.874867+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pedramamini/awesome-yara (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.621882+00:00, sha 6ac28a8823ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.