# ytisf/theZoo

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.

Repository: https://github.com/ytisf/theZoo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thezoo
Homepage: https://thezoo.morirt.com
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: malware, malware-analysis, malware-samples, malware-research, thezoo, malwareanalysis
Last push: 2026-07-24T08:11:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4619, "days_push": 40, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13328, forks 2755 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:03.138616+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: malware-samples, malware-analysis, malware-database, educational, live-malware, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ytisf/theZoo (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.138616+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 2026-08-29T17:13:21.691722+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ytisf/theZoo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.138616+00:00, sha 8821183f3629)
  - homepage: https://thezoo.morirt.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:08:20.894024+00:00, sha d25826e6d8e1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.