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cilium/cilium

eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Tornado Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#bpf #cncf #cni #containers #ebpf #k8s

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-16
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,095 open

25,671

stars

Forks: 4,165
Commits: 45,134 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +43 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +177 +0.4%

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google/gvisor

Application Kernel for Containers

AI dev

Stack

Go Express gRPC Go Sinatra Bundler Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

#containers #docker #kernel #kubernetes #linux #oci

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-27
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 958 open

19,645

stars

Forks: 2,045
Commits: 12,589 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +16 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

rust-embedded/rust-raspberrypi-OS-tutorials

:books: Learn to write an embedded OS in Rust :crab:

Stack

Rust Bundler Cargo

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #arm64 #armv8 #bare-metal #embedded-rust #kernel

Updated: 2024-02-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-04
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 24 open

14,740

stars

Forks: 874
Commits: 758 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bmax121/APatch

The patching of Android kernel and Android system

Stack

Kotlin Cargo CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #inline-hook #kernel #magisk #magisk-module #patch

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-21
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 61 open

8,037

stars

Forks: 797
Commits: 1,080 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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google/syzkaller

syzkaller is an unsupervised coverage-guided kernel fuzzer

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#fuzz-testing #fuzzer #fuzzing #kernel #linux #security

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-12
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 631 open

6,344

stars

Forks: 1,457
Commits: 12,930 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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leandromoreira/linux-network-performance-parameters

Learn where some of the network sysctl variables fit into the Linux/Kernel network flow. Translations: 🇷🇺

GitHub topics

#kernel #linux #network #performance #sysctl #tcp

Updated: 2026-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-22
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 3 open

5,826

stars

Forks: 530
Commits: 68 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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hacksysteam/HackSysExtremeVulnerableDriver

HackSys Extreme Vulnerable Driver (HEVD) - Windows & Linux

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#buffer-overflow #driver #exploit-development #exploitation #hevd #info-leak

Updated: 2025-02-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-28
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

3,110

stars

Forks: 586
Commits: 175 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Luce-Org/lucebox

LLM speculative inference server for heterogeneous hardware & consumer GPUs

AI dev

Stack

C++ pytest CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cuda #cuda-kernels #dflash #heterogeneous-computing #kernel #llama-cpp

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-04-03
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 115 open

2,838

stars

Forks: 271
Commits: 1,536 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Zouuup/landrun

Run any Linux process in a secure, unprivileged sandbox using Landlock. Think firejail, but lightweight, user-friendly, and baked into the kernel.

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #golang #kernel #landlock #sandbox #sandbox-environment

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

2,294

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 112 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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obhq/obliteration

Experimental free and open-source PlayStation 4 kernel

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #freebsd #hypervisor-framework #kernel #kvm #linux

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2021-11-12
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 83 open

817

stars

Forks: 29
Commits: 1,367 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ZystemOS/pluto

An x86 kernel written in Zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #kernel #operating-system #x86 #zig

Updated: 2024-01-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-22
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 34 open

738

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 316 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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donnaskiez/ac

kernel mode anti cheat

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#anti-cheat #anti-tamper #anticheat #anticheat-system #game-hacking #kernel

Updated: 2024-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-15
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

688

stars

Forks: 125
Commits: 319 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cloudfuzz/android-kernel-exploitation

Android Kernel Exploitation

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#android #exploit-dev #exploit-development #exploitation #kernel #linux

Updated: 2022-02-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-16
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 4 open

652

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 40 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

FiYHer/InfinityHookPro

InfinityHookPro Win7 -> Win11 latest

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#driver #hook #infinityhook #kernel #patchguard #rootkit

Updated: 2023-02-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

562

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 20 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Cr4sh/KernelForge

A library to develop kernel level Windows payloads for post HVCI era

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#exploit #hvci #hypervisor #kernel #library #rookit

Updated: 2021-05-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-16
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

536

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AndreaOrru/zen

Experimental operating system written in Zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#kernel #operating-system #os #zig

Updated: 2025-09-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1 open

535

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 136 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Alex3434/wmi-static-spoofer

Spoofing the Windows 10 HDD/diskdrive serialnumber from kernel without hooking

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#10 #diskdrive #driver #fake #hdd #hook

Updated: 2018-12-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

515

stars

Forks: 141
Commits: 29 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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dretax/GarHal_CSGO

A project that demonstrates how to screw with CSGO from Kernel Space. (CSGO Kernel Cheat/Hack) All cleaned up, and with updated offsets.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cheat #counter-strike #counter-strike-global-offensive #csgo #driver #free

Updated: 2023-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-04-25
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

489

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 255 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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jzck/kernel-zig

:floppy_disk: hobby x86 kernel zig

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#kernel #x86 #zig

Updated: 2023-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-10
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

439

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 62 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alexvogt91/Kernel-dll-injector

Kernel-Mode Driver that loads a dll into every new created process that loads kernel32.dll module

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#dll #injection #kernel #kernelinjector #malware #malware-analysis

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-09
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

423

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 4 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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dumbasPL/fumo_loader

Fumo Loader - All in one kernel-based DLL injector

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#dll-injection #dll-injector #encrypted #fumo #injector #kernel

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-09
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

417

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 79 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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david942j/kvm-kernel-example

Examples for: Learning KVM - implement your own kernel

Stack

GitHub topics

#kernel #kvm #kvm-hypervisor #linux-kernel #vm

Updated: 2023-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-02
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

386

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 14 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ByteCorum/DragonBurn

DragonBurn is CS2(Counter-Strike 2 cheat) kernel-mode read-only external cheat. Undetected by all anti-cheats except Faceit.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c #cheat #counter-strike #counter-strike-2 #cpp #cs2

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-31
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

382

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 793 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

can1357/NtLua

Lua in kernel-mode because why not.

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#interesting-combo #kernel #lua

Updated: 2021-12-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-06
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

372

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 21 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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hugsy/CFB

CFB is a ProcMon-style tool designed to assist capturing IRPs sent to Windows drivers.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#fuzzing #hooking #irp #irp-monitor #kernel #vulnerability-research

Updated: 2024-03-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-29
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

339

stars

Forks: 68
Commits: 483 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

hackclub/RAM-a-thon

Just a detailed in-depth, and comprehensive explanation of how computers operate internally, focusing on RAM and CPU aspects, respectively. By @ILyesMk2

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

#computer-science #cpu #kernel #linux #operating-system #ram

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2024-08-03
History: 42 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

338

stars

Forks: 5
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0xcpu/ExecutiveCallbackObjects

Research on Windows Kernel Executive Callback Objects

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#callback-objects #kernel #windows-10

Updated: 2020-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-05
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

314

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Idov31/NovaHypervisor

Windows hypervisor for Intel x64: defensive host hypervisor for Windows designed to mitigate kernel-level attacks including BYOVD, compatible with VMware and Hyper-V.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#blue-team #blueteam #cyber-security #cybersecurity #defense #hypervisor

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-11
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

280

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 41 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

andrewrk/clashos

multiplayer arcade game for bare metal Raspberry Pi 3 B+

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #kernel #raspberry-pi #zig

Updated: 2020-01-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-03
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

246

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 64 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0xcpu/WinAltSyscallHandler

Some research on AltSystemCallHandlers functionality in Windows 10 20H1 18999

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#kernel #proof-of-concept #syscalls #windows-10

Updated: 2019-11-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-10-14
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

244

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 11 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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