C++ · GPL-3.0
Idov31/Nidhogg
Windows rootkit for Intel x64 with 25+ features, demonstrating rootkit techniques compatible with all Windows 10 and Windows 11 versions.
★ 2.5k
Stars
374 forks · 1 open issues
+1.3/day
Growth · measured
Stars counted between two of our own snapshots roughly a week apart. The repository page gives the exact span.
34.3
Momentum / 100
see the breakdown below
4y ago
Created
last push 42d ago
Star history
How this score was built
| Component | Weight | Earned | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velocity | 55 | 6.9 | +1.3/day, log-scaled against a 750/day ceiling |
| Acceleration | 15 | 5.9 | last week ran 1.39× the monthly pace |
| Freshness | 15 | 11.7 | last push 42d ago; decays to zero at 180 days |
| Scale | 15 | 9.9 | 2.5k stars, log-scaled against 150k — stops a 3-star repo topping the board |
| Momentum | 100 | 34.3 | sum of the above |
Detail
| Topics | cppcyber-securitycybersecuritydriverinfoseckernelred-teamredteamrootkitrootkit-kernelrootkitswindowswindows-rootkits |
| Matched on | Security (cybersecurity) |
| Short window | +9 stars over 7 days = 1.3/day |
| Long window | +24 stars over 26 days = 0.9/day |
| Lifetime average | 1.57 stars/day over 1,621 days |
| First seen here | 2026-10-11 |
| Last read | 2d ago |