# memflow/memflow

physical memory introspection framework

Repository: https://github.com/memflow/memflow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/memflow
Homepage: https://memflow.github.io
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: physical, memory, introspection, virtual, machine, analysis, linux, rust, crate
Last push: 2026-04-24T12:32:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2318, "days_push": 131, "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 1087, forks 98 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.387193+00:00)

## What it is
memflow is a Rust library providing a modular framework for physical memory introspection of machines, including live hardware, virtual machines, and memory dumps. It chains pluggable connectors and OS abstraction layers to expose process-level memory access with a fast virtual address translation pipeline and C ABI bindings for non-Rust consumers.

## Use cases
- introspect physical memory of a running machine
- read process memory from a virtual machine from the host
- analyze memory dumps for forensics
- build DMA-based debugging tools
- enumerate processes inside a live Windows VM
- access memory across nested virtualization layers

## When to choose
- you need a generic, composable interface to physical or virtual memory across machines and dumps
- you want dynamically loadable connectors and OS layers with C FFI bindings
- you need high-throughput virtual address translation for scanning large address spaces

## When to avoid
- you only need simple userspace process debugging on your own OS
- you need a ready-made GUI forensic tool rather than a library
- your target OS layer is not yet implemented in the ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: security, reverse-engineering, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: rust, windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: memory-forensics, dma, introspection, virtualization, ffi, memory-dump-analysis, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- memflow/memflow (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.387193+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 2026-08-30T06:49:28.782056+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/memflow/memflow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.387193+00:00, sha 3c901f83dc98)
  - homepage: https://memflow.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:52:02.819919+00:00, sha 6dc8aaeacfa5)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/memflow (fetched 2026-08-29T12:52:02.829013+00:00, sha a68ffb533c11)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.