# tklengyel/drakvuf

DRAKVUF Black-box Binary Analysis

Repository: https://github.com/tklengyel/drakvuf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/drakvuf
Homepage: https://drakvuf.com
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: malware-analysis, virtualization, xen, introspection
Last push: 2026-08-06T04:57:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4393, "days_push": 27, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1268, forks 270 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:11.485325+00:00)

## What it is
DRAKVUF is a virtualization-based, agentless black-box binary analysis system that traces execution of arbitrary binaries, kernels, and firmware inside a VM without installing any software in the guest. It runs on Xen with Intel VT-x/EPT hardware and is primarily used for stealthy malware analysis.

## Use cases
- analyze malware in a stealthy sandbox without in-guest agents
- trace Windows kernel function execution and heap allocations from outside the VM
- extract deleted files from guest memory before they are discarded
- inject and start executables inside a Windows guest without a helper
- monitor execution of firmware, OS kernels, and user-space processes in a VM

## When to choose
- you need agentless, hard-to-detect dynamic analysis of Windows or Linux binaries
- you have Intel VT-x/EPT hardware and want VM introspection on Xen
- you want to build an automated malware analysis sandbox (e.g., with DRAKVUF Sandbox)

## When to avoid
- you have an AMD CPU or Intel CPU without EPT - it will not run
- you need static analysis or a simple user-mode debugger
- you want a hosted/GUI-first sandbox out of the box without extra setup

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, reverse-engineering, monitoring, tracing
- domain: security, reverse-engineering
- platform: cli, self-hosted
- tags: malware-analysis, xen, virtual-machine-introspection, agentless, binary-analysis, sandbox, virtualization, linux

## Member repositories
- tklengyel/drakvuf (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.485325+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 2026-08-30T05:03:40.186947+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tklengyel/drakvuf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:11.485325+00:00, sha 8626e763b60f)
  - homepage: https://drakvuf.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:15:21.457250+00:00, sha bcab3daf8214)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.