# platomav/BIOSUtilities

Collection of various BIOS/UEFI-related utilities which aid in research and/or modding purposes.

Repository: https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/biosutilities
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-07-01T22:32:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 45/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 29, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2924, "days_push": 428, "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 1078, forks 203 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.665094+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Python-based BIOS/UEFI utilities for extracting, unpacking, and analyzing firmware images from vendors like AMI, Insyde, Phoenix, Dell, and Apple. It aids firmware research and modding by parsing proprietary BIOS package formats.

## Use cases
- extract firmware modules from a BIOS update package
- unpack an Insyde or AMI BIOS image
- analyze UEFI firmware for research
- reverse engineer a vendor BIOS executable
- identify and parse BIOS Guard or PFAT packages
- extract EFI modules from a Dell firmware update

## When to choose
- you need to unpack or inspect vendor BIOS/UEFI firmware images
- you want scriptable, cross-platform firmware extraction via Python
- you are doing firmware security research or modding

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based firmware tool like UEFITool
- you want to flash or modify firmware directly on hardware
- you need a fully self-contained tool without external executables

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: parser, compression, developer-tools, reverse-engineering
- domain: developer-tools, hardware, security, reverse-engineering
- platform: python, windows, cli
- tags: bios, uefi, firmware, firmware-analysis, firmware-modding, extraction, ami, insyde, phoenix, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- platomav/BIOSUtilities (main) score 45

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.665094+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 2026-08-30T06:53:11.609666+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.665094+00:00, sha 9141a0af3052)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/biosutilities/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:33.690891+00:00, sha 2aa7d3ab9ca6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.