# Maktm/FLIRTDB

A community driven collection of IDA FLIRT signature files

Repository: https://github.com/Maktm/FLIRTDB
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flirtdb
Language: Max
License Family: other
Topics: ida-pro, signature, reverse-engineering
Last push: 2021-09-03T13:35:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3528, "days_push": 1825, "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 1361, forks 186 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.991530+00:00)

## What it is
A community-driven database of IDA Pro FLIRT signature files (.sig) used to identify and rename known library functions in symbol-stripped binaries. It serves as a central hub where reverse engineers can download pre-generated signatures and contribute their own.

## Use cases
- identify library functions in a stripped binary in IDA
- find FLIRT signatures for an old version of a C++ standard library
- speed up reverse engineering of statically linked binaries
- contribute generated .sig files for a library build
- reduce manual analysis of known library subroutines

## When to choose
- you use IDA Pro and need signatures for libraries not shipped by Hex-Rays
- you are reversing symbol-stripped binaries with statically linked libraries
- you want a shared collection of community-generated signature files

## When to avoid
- you use a disassembler other than IDA Pro that does not support FLIRT
- you need signatures for a very recent or niche library not yet in the collection
- you require a maintained project with an active release cycle

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: reverse-engineering, security
- domain: reverse-engineering, security, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: ida-pro, flirt, signature-files, disassembly, binary-analysis, community-driven

## Member repositories
- Maktm/FLIRTDB (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.991530+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 2026-08-30T04:41:33.422729+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Maktm/FLIRTDB (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.991530+00:00, sha 82bdb9c83b96)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.