# chipsec/chipsec

Platform Security Assessment Framework

Repository: https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chipsec
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: firmware, firmware-security, firmware-tools, security, security-tools
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:22:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4563, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 29.5, "n_releases_24m": 21}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3295, forks 617 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:54.082106+00:00)

## What it is
CHIPSEC is a Python framework for analyzing the security of PC platforms, including hardware, system firmware (BIOS/UEFI), and platform components. It provides a security test suite, low-level access tools, and forensic capabilities, running on Windows, Linux, and UEFI shell.

## Use cases
- assess UEFI/BIOS firmware security of a PC
- find vulnerabilities in firmware, hypervisors, and hardware configuration
- detect firmware implants or tampering
- explore low-level system assets like SPI flash and MSRs
- run platform security test suites during hardware audits
- perform forensic analysis of platform components

## When to choose
- you need to audit or pentest PC platform firmware and hardware security
- you want a maintained, extensible framework with a broad security test suite
- you need low-level access tools across Windows, Linux, and UEFI shell

## When to avoid
- you need support for older Intel platforms (pre-ADL client, pre-SPR server) without using the legacy chipsec1 branch
- you are looking for application-level or network security testing rather than platform/firmware security
- you cannot run with the kernel-level access CHIPSEC requires

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, developer-tools
- domain: security, hardware, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: firmware, uefi, bios, hardware-security, platform-security, forensics, security-testing, firmware-security, linux

## Member repositories
- chipsec/chipsec (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:54.082106+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 2026-08-30T07:22:43.363363+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chipsec/chipsec (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:54.082106+00:00, sha dc819b8f8a00)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/chipsec/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:40.629715+00:00, sha 49adefd4298b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.