# zodiacon/WindowsInternals

Windows Internals Book 7th edition Tools

Repository: https://github.com/zodiacon/WindowsInternals
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/windowsinternals
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-11T14:41:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3578, "days_push": 874, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2768, forks 535 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.830567+00:00)

## What it is
Source code for custom tools written by Pavel Yosifovich and Alex Ionescu to accompany the Windows Internals 7th edition book. The tools demonstrate Windows operating system internals features.

## Use cases
- learn windows internals with hands-on tools
- inspect windows system internals
- study operating system internals source code
- supplement windows internals book exercises
- explore windows kernel and process internals

## When to choose
- you are reading Windows Internals 7th edition and want the companion tools
- you want C/C++ examples of Windows system-level programming
- you want to inspect OS internals on Windows

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade, supported system utilities
- you need tools endorsed by Microsoft
- you work on non-Windows platforms

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, security
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, security
- platform: windows, cpp, c
- tags: windows-internals, sysinternals, book-companion, system-programming, kernel

## Member repositories
- zodiacon/WindowsInternals (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.830567+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 2026-08-30T08:16:43.118580+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zodiacon/WindowsInternals (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.830567+00:00, sha 2c747b8e8b58)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.