# mandiant/flare-vm

A collection of software installations scripts for Windows systems that allows you to easily setup and maintain a reverse engineering environment on a VM.

Repository: https://github.com/mandiant/flare-vm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flare-vm
Language: PowerShell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: malware-analysis, reverse-engineering, flare
Last push: 2026-06-23T01:18:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 10, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3346, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": 385, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8965, forks 1106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:26.536139+00:00)

## What it is
FLARE-VM is a collection of PowerShell installation scripts that set up and maintain a reverse engineering and malware analysis environment on a Windows virtual machine. It uses Chocolatey and Boxstarter to automate the curated installation of dozens of reverse engineering tools.

## Use cases
- set up a windows vm for malware analysis
- install reverse engineering tools automatically
- build a repeatable reverse engineering environment
- curate a malware analysis toolkit
- provision a fresh analysis vm after each investigation
- keep reverse engineering tools up to date on windows

## When to choose
- you need a dedicated Windows VM for reverse engineering or malware analysis
- you want scripted, repeatable installation of a curated RE toolset
- you regularly rebuild analysis VMs and want to save setup time

## When to avoid
- you want to install it on your daily-driver host system (it disables security features and is VM-only)
- you do not use Windows
- you need only one or two specific tools rather than a full environment

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, reverse-engineering, security, configuration-management, cli
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: malware-analysis, powershell, chocolatey, boxstarter, virtual-machine, flare, environment-setup, tooling, docker

## Member repositories
- mandiant/flare-vm (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.536139+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 2026-08-29T17:24:26.994533+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mandiant/flare-vm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.536139+00:00, sha e29baa5c0ded)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.