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Malware-research projects on GitHub
Malware source collections and analysis tools for security research.
As of , the most-starred Malware-research projects on GitHub are MalwareSourceCode (18.9K stars), awesome-malware-analysis (14.4K stars) and theZoo (13.5K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Malware-research repositories with 61.5K stars combined. The fastest-growing on November 3 was Detect-It-Easy, with +15 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Nov 3
+15Detect-It-Easy
horsicq/Detect-It-Easy · ★ 11.9KDetect It Easy (DiE) is a cross-platform tool that identifies file types and inspects executables (PE, ELF, Mach-O) for malware analysts, reverse engineers, and cybersecurity researchers, combining signature-based detection with a deep heuristic engine.
+13x64dbg-mcp-server
duty1g/x64dbg-mcp-server · ★ 2.8Kx64dbg-MCP Server is a native plugin for the x64dbg debugger that exposes its full functionality over HTTP via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), letting any MCP-compatible AI assistant programmatically set breakpoints, step through code, read memory, dump registers, and more.
+3awesome-malware-analysis
rshipp/awesome-malware-analysis · ★ 14.4KA curated 'awesome list' of malware analysis tools and resources, covering sample collection, sandboxes, detection tools, threat intelligence feeds, reverse engineering, and forensics.
theZoo
ytisf/theZoo · ★ 13.5KtheZoo is a public repository of live malware samples and their source code, gathered so that anyone interested in malware analysis can study real specimens in an organized and accessible way.
The all-time top
5 projects · by stars
- 18.9K
#1 · vxunderground/MalwareSourceCodeMalwareSourceCode
A large research collection of malware source code for many platforms and programming languages, maintained by vx-underground.
- 14.4K
#2 · rshipp/awesome-malware-analysisawesome-malware-analysis
A curated 'awesome list' of malware analysis tools and resources, covering sample collection, sandboxes, detection tools, threat intelligence feeds, reverse engineering, and forensics.
- 13.5K
#3 · ytisf/theZootheZoo
theZoo is a public repository of live malware samples and their source code, gathered so that anyone interested in malware analysis can study real specimens in an organized and accessible way.
- 4

Detect-It-Easy
11.9Khorsicq/Detect-It-Easy · JavaScriptDetect It Easy (DiE) is a cross-platform tool that identifies file types and inspects executables (PE, ELF, Mach-O) for malware analysts, reverse engineers, and cybersecurity researchers, combining signature-based detection with a deep heuristic engine.
- 5

x64dbg-mcp-server
2.8Kduty1g/x64dbg-mcp-server · Zigx64dbg-MCP Server is a native plugin for the x64dbg debugger that exposes its full functionality over HTTP via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), letting any MCP-compatible AI assistant programmatically set breakpoints, step through code, read memory, dump registers, and more.
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