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fkie-cad/FACT_core

Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core · homepage · Python · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

92/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 78
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 46
  • age_days: 3270
  • days_rel: 71
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 6

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1460 stars · 250 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

FACT (Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool) is a self-hosted Python application that automates firmware security analysis for devices like routers, IoT gadgets, UEFI images, webcams, and drones. It provides a web UI and REST API for browsing, searching, and comparing analysis results across firmware samples, with an extensible plugin system.

Use cases

  • analyze router firmware for security vulnerabilities
  • unpack and inspect IoT device firmware images
  • compare two firmware versions to find changes
  • scan UEFI images for suspicious components
  • search firmware files for hardcoded credentials
  • automate firmware analysis via REST API
  • browse firmware file trees and analysis results in a web UI

When to choose

  • you need automated, repeatable analysis of black-box firmware samples
  • you want a web interface with searchable, comparable results across many firmware images
  • you need an extensible analysis platform with a plugin system and REST API for integration
  • you analyze IoT, router, UEFI, or embedded device firmware for security research

When to avoid

  • you only need quick one-off binary string extraction without a full analysis platform
  • you require a lightweight CLI-only tool with no web server or database dependencies
  • you need a commercially supported product rather than a research prototype
  • your target is not firmware or embedded binaries

Facets

application · maturity active

security nlp parser search-engine web-scraping plugin-system developer-tools security iot reverse-engineering embedded-systems developer-tools python self-hosted firmware-analysis firmware-security iot-security binary-analysis rest-api web-ui unpacking comparative-analysis linux docker web-server

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