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cecio/USBvalve

Expose USB activity on the fly observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/cecio/USBvalve · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

93/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 86
  • Longevity 92
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: 87.0
  • age_days: 1290
  • days_rel: 14
  • days_push: 14
  • n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1345 stars · 42 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

USBvalve is a firmware application for cheap RP2040-based hardware (Raspberry Pi Pico) that emulates a fake USB mass-storage filesystem and exposes any read/write activity on a display, revealing hidden malware behavior. It also acts as a USB host to detect and debug BADUSB HID devices.

Use cases

  • check if a USB device installed malware on my drive
  • detect badusb hid attacks from unknown devices
  • monitor usb mass storage file activity in real time
  • debug usb hid payloads from devices like rubber ducky
  • forensic analysis of suspicious usb ports
  • test if a kiosk computer is stealing files from usb drives

When to choose

  • you need a cheap portable hardware tool to inspect USB activity on unknown machines
  • you want to detect BADUSB/HID injection devices on the fly
  • you do USB forensics or security awareness demos

When to avoid

  • you need software-only USB monitoring on your own computer
  • you require deep packet-level USB protocol analysis
  • you need a network-based or enterprise-scale USB DLP solution

Facets

application · maturity active

security monitoring embedded security hardware embedded cross-platform badusb usb-forensics raspberry-pi-pico usb-hid hardware-security-tool forensics

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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