# zacharee/Bifrost

Cross-platform tool for downloading Samsung mobile device firmware.

Repository: https://github.com/zacharee/Bifrost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zacharee-bifrost
Language: Kotlin
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: compose-multiplatform, kotlin, kotlin-multiplatform, samsung
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:55:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2016, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 38, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1563, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.714816+00:00)

## What it is
Bifrost is a cross-platform graphical tool for downloading Samsung mobile device firmware, built with Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, with functionality ported from the Samloader Python project.

## Use cases
- download samsung firmware for my phone
- get official odin flashable firmware files
- download samsung firmware without an imei
- cross-platform samsung firmware downloader for linux
- check latest firmware version for a samsung model and region
- download samsung firmware on android device

## When to choose
- you need Samsung firmware on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, or iOS with a shared GUI
- you want a maintained graphical alternative to Samloader
- you need ARM64 support including running on Android phones

## When to avoid
- you need to download smartwatch firmware, which Samsung does not serve in full
- you need a command-line-only or scriptable downloader
- you need firmware for non-Samsung devices

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: android-tools, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: samsung, firmware-downloader, compose-multiplatform, kotlin-multiplatform, samloader, macos, linux, android, ios

## Member repositories
- zacharee/Bifrost (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.714816+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 2026-08-30T04:00:16.747667+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zacharee/Bifrost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.714816+00:00, sha a26b4512edd2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.