# MicrosoftDocs/windows-driver-docs

The official Windows Driver Kit documentation sources

Repository: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-driver-docs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/windows-driver-docs
Homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers
Language: OpenSCAD
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-21T19:52:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3962, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1061, forks 868 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.007856+00:00)

## What it is
The open-source repository containing the Markdown sources for Microsoft's official Windows hardware developer documentation (Windows Driver Kit docs), published on Microsoft Learn. It covers driver design, development, debugging, testing, signing, and deployment for Windows drivers.

## Use cases
- learn how to write a Windows kernel-mode driver
- find WDK installation and setup instructions
- understand driver signing requirements for Windows
- contribute fixes to Windows driver documentation
- look up device and driver installation concepts
- learn Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) development

## When to choose
- you are developing, testing, or deploying Windows device drivers
- you need authoritative Microsoft guidance on WDK tools and driver architecture
- you want to contribute corrections to the official Windows driver docs

## When to avoid
- you need API/DDI reference docs (use the windows-driver-docs-ddi repo instead)
- you are looking for driver sample code (see the Windows-driver-samples repo)
- you develop drivers for Linux or macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: documentation, developer-tools, operating-systems, hardware
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: windows-driver-kit, wdk, kernel-mode-drivers, driver-development, microsoft-learn, docs-source

## Member repositories
- MicrosoftDocs/windows-driver-docs (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.007856+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 2026-08-30T06:56:48.288156+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-driver-docs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.007856+00:00, sha a69f7669ddd2)
  - homepage: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/drivers (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:30.818372+00:00, sha b7a4211e1385)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install-the-wdk-using-nuget (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:30.823027+00:00, sha 2d4e457cac3d)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/overview-of-device-and-driver-installation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:30.825652+00:00, sha 6edcc8479ee5)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/driver-signing (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:30.827847+00:00, sha 0bf9ecd0a85c)
  - site_page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-explorer-microsoft-edge (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:30.820743+00:00, sha c363b2f43d4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.