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ytisf/theZoo resource

A repository of LIVE malwares for your own joy and pleasure. theZoo is a project created to make the possibility of malware analysis open and available to the public. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ytisf/theZoo · homepage · Python · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

65/100

  • Activity 94
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4619
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 40
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

13328 stars · 2755 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

theZoo is a curated repository of live malware samples made publicly accessible for educational malware analysis. It includes a Python console for browsing the encrypted, locked sample database.

Use cases

  • download live malware samples for analysis
  • study how malware operates in a sandbox
  • build detection signatures from real samples
  • learn malware analysis hands-on
  • research malware families and variants

When to choose

  • you need real malware specimens for educational or professional analysis
  • you want a curated, indexed collection of malware samples
  • you are setting up an isolated malware analysis lab

When to avoid

  • you lack experience with safe malware handling and isolated VMs
  • you need a sandbox or automated analysis tool rather than samples
  • you want a dataset with a clear permissive license

Facets

dataset · maturity maintenance

security reverse-engineering developer-tools security reverse-engineering developer-tools windows python cli malware-samples malware-analysis malware-database educational live-malware linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ytisf/theZoomain65

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="ytisf/theZoo")

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