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Neo23x0/yarGen

yarGen is a generator for YARA rules observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Neo23x0/yarGen · Python · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

50/100

  • Activity 61
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4631
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 235
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1811 stars · 305 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

yarGen is a Python CLI tool that generates YARA rules from strings found in malware samples, filtering out strings that appear in a large included goodware database. It also supports opcode extraction from PE files and an AI-assisted rule refinement output mode.

Use cases

  • generate yara rules from malware samples
  • create detection signatures for new malware families
  • filter goodware strings when writing yara rules
  • extract opcodes from pe files for yara detection
  • automate yara rule creation during incident response

When to avoid

  • you want an actively maintained tool - the project is marked Not Maintained and succeeded by yarGen-Go
  • you need non-string-based or behavioral detection logic
  • you cannot post-process rules manually, since generated rules require refinement

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

security developer-tools parser security reverse-engineering python cli cross-platform yara malware-analysis threat-hunting rule-generation incident-response

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Member repositories

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