# HoShiMin/Kernel-Bridge

Windows kernel hacking framework, driver template, hypervisor and API written on C++

Repository: https://github.com/HoShiMin/Kernel-Bridge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kernel-bridge
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-11-12T10:48:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2940, "days_push": 1025, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1822, forks 401 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.064191+00:00)

## What it is
Kernel-Bridge is a C++20 Windows kernel driver template, development framework, and kernel-mode API with wrappers, including a hypervisor supporting Intel VT-x/EPT and AMD-V/RVI. It exposes low-level capabilities such as physical and kernel memory management, process/thread manipulation, unsigned driver mapping, and usermode-kernel memory transitions.

## Use cases
- build a Windows kernel driver in C++20
- map unsigned drivers into the kernel
- read and write memory of another process from kernel mode
- develop a hypervisor with VT-x or AMD-V support
- hide memory pages using EPT
- scan kernel memory for signatures and patterns
- execute remote code via APCs
- research Windows kernel internals

## When to choose
- you need a ready-made Windows kernel driver template with modern C++ support
- you want low-level kernel APIs (MSRs, physical memory, PTEs, MDLs) without external dependencies
- you are building hypervisor-based memory interception or hiding features
- you need usermode-kernel communication with prebuilt IOCTL handling

## When to avoid
- you need a production driver for shipping to customers - this is a hacking/research framework under GPL-3.0
- you target non-Windows platforms
- you are not comfortable with kernel-mode development risks like BSODs
- you need signed, Microsoft-approved driver deployment

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: security, reverse-engineering, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp, python
- tags: kernel-driver, hypervisor, windows-kernel, memory-management, driver-template, vt-x, amd-v, kernel-hacking

## Member repositories
- HoShiMin/Kernel-Bridge (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.064191+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 2026-08-30T03:19:47.331865+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HoShiMin/Kernel-Bridge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.064191+00:00, sha e4d5899d3105)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.