microsoft/Windows-Driver-Frameworks
WDF makes it easy to write high-quality Windows drivers observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: 4208
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 722
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1321 stars · 370 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF) is Microsoft's open-source framework of libraries for writing high-quality Windows device drivers, including the source behind KMDF and UMDF v2. It enables developers to read framework internals and perform step-through debugging of drivers against the actual source.
Use cases
- write a Windows device driver
- debug a kernel-mode driver with framework source
- understand what a WDF API does internally
- analyze driver crash dump files
- develop a UMDF v2 user-mode driver
When to choose
- you are developing Windows drivers with KMDF or UMDF v2 and want source-level transparency
- you need to step through framework code while debugging a driver
- you want to diagnose driver crashes by inspecting framework internals
When to avoid
- you are writing drivers for Linux or macOS
- you need a stable API contract and cannot tolerate undocumented behavior that may change
- you only need driver samples rather than the framework source
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
sdk developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools hardware windows cpp c windows-drivers kmdf umdf kernel-development device-drivers
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-Driver-Frameworks · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2264a0db17b0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/Windows-Driver-Frameworks | main | 23 |
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