# maestron/botnets

This is a collection of #botnet source codes, unorganized. For EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY

Repository: https://github.com/maestron/botnets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/botnets
Language: C++
License Family: other
Topics: botnet, botnets, security, virus, malware
Last push: 2022-09-04T13:01:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2923, "days_push": 1459, "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 3335, forks 745 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.734418+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of botnet source code samples gathered for educational and malware research purposes. It aggregates many historical botnet codebases, including duplicates and revisions, with the goal of making them compilable for analysis.

## Use cases
- study botnet source code for malware research
- analyze historical botnet samples in a lab
- learn how botnets are structured for defensive security
- build a malware analysis teaching corpus
- research command-and-control techniques offline

## When to choose
- you are a security researcher or student studying malware in an isolated environment
- you need a broad set of botnet source samples in one place
- you want to trace the evolution of botnet code across revisions

## When to avoid
- you want a working botnet to deploy - this is for study only and many samples have outdated dependencies
- you need production security tooling or detection products
- you cannot legally possess malware samples in your jurisdiction

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, reverse-engineering, penetration-testing
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: malware-analysis, botnet-samples, educational, source-code-collection, malware-research, linux

## Member repositories
- maestron/botnets (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.734418+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 2026-08-29T18:41:07.925192+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maestron/botnets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.734418+00:00, sha c3ce986c74da)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.