# Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall

Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy devices.

Repository: https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/benjamin-dobell-heimdall
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: samsung, android, mobile, flashing, firmware, odin
Last push: 2024-08-17T12:07:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5752, "days_push": 746, "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 3098, forks 647 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.492529+00:00)

## What it is
Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite for flashing firmware (ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy mobile devices. It communicates with Samsung's Loke software over USB using the Odin 3 protocol, serving as an open-source alternative to Samsung's Odin.

## Use cases
- flash custom ROM onto a Samsung Galaxy phone
- install stock firmware on a Samsung device from Linux
- open-source alternative to Odin for Windows
- flash firmware from macOS or a Raspberry Pi
- recover a bricked Samsung device by reflashing firmware

## When to choose
- you need to flash firmware onto a Samsung Galaxy device
- you want an open-source, cross-platform Odin alternative
- you run Linux or macOS and need Samsung flashing support

## When to avoid
- you flash firmware on non-Samsung Android devices
- you need a graphical flashing tool
- you need frequent updates or active feature development

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, embedded
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, hardware
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: samsung, android, firmware-flashing, odin-protocol, usb, rom, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.492529+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 2026-08-29T18:46:21.898602+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.492529+00:00, sha 69ab1ab22bb1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.