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Tools that allow devices to act as standard hardware interfaces like USB HID, NFC tags, or RFID badges.
Distinct from Hardware Emulators: Focuses on emulating external hardware interfaces for interaction rather than simulating internal hardware for debugging.
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shadPS4 is a C++ game emulator and hardware virtualization tool designed to replicate the PlayStation 4 system environment and hardware to run console software on a computer. It functions as a cross-platform application compatible with Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. The project serves as a graphics debugging tool capable of dumping shaders and integrating with rendering tools for performance analysis. It provides a system for recreating the console environment through the import of official firmware files, system fonts, and the use of decrypted keys for tracking game trophies. The emula
Replicates PlayStation 4 hardware and system software to run games on a computer.
RPCS3 is a C++ application that functions as a software environment for executing and managing PlayStation 3 console titles on desktop operating systems. It operates by translating proprietary console hardware instructions and graphics commands into formats compatible with modern computer hardware, allowing for the execution of original game software. The emulator distinguishes itself through a comprehensive suite of tools for managing game libraries, applying software patches to modify performance characteristics, and tracking the compatibility status of individual titles. It includes integr
Replicates the console operating system functions and library calls to allow software to execute without requiring full hardware virtualization.
This project is a freestanding kernel written in Rust that boots on x86 hardware without a standard library. It serves as a low-level system implementation focusing on the creation of a bare metal operating system. The system implements a bootable disk image toolchain that transforms source code into binaries compatible with a bootloader. It features a custom memory allocator for dynamic memory management and an x86 kernel implementation that includes paging, interrupt handling, and VGA text mode. The project covers several core capability areas, including low-level memory management through
Launches compiled disk images in virtual machines to test kernel behavior.
Flipper is a portable, multi-protocol hardware security tool designed for the analysis, capture, and emulation of wireless and physical access signals. It functions as a platform for security research and hardware experimentation, enabling users to interact with radio frequency, infrared, and near-field communication systems. The device distinguishes itself through its modular firmware architecture and script-based execution engine, which allow for the automation of complex signal transmissions and keystroke injection sequences. By utilizing direct hardware manipulation and event-driven polli
Emulates physical access tokens and proximity tags for security research and testing.
Redox is a POSIX-compliant, microkernel-based operating system written entirely in Rust. By utilizing a memory-safe language for the kernel and all system components, the project eliminates common vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows and use-after-free errors. Its architecture relies on a minimal kernel that manages only essential hardware and process isolation, delegating all other system services to unprivileged user-space processes. The system distinguishes itself through a modular design where hardware drivers and system services run as independent user-space daemons, allowing them to
Launches the operating system image within a virtualized environment to allow testing and interaction with the graphical user interface.
This project is a tutorial and framework for building a low-level, bare-metal operating system from scratch using the Rust language. It focuses on ARMv8 kernel development specifically for the Raspberry Pi 3, providing the resources necessary to implement a monolithic kernel that runs directly on hardware without an underlying operating system. The project distinguishes itself by providing a complete embedded cross-compilation suite within a containerized environment to ensure consistent builds. It includes a dedicated kernel deployer that uses a serial interface and chainloader to load and b
Enables testing of kernel functionality via system emulation before deploying to physical hardware.
Dolphin is a software environment that simulates GameCube and Wii console hardware, allowing users to execute game discs and digital software on modern computing platforms. It functions by translating original console processor instructions into native host machine code at runtime and intercepting low-level graphics commands to render them through modern graphics APIs. The project distinguishes itself through a comprehensive netplay engine that enables online multiplayer for local games by synchronizing game states and input timing across remote instances. This system enforces deterministic e
Simulates original console hardware environments to execute game discs and digital software on modern platforms.
This project is a bare-metal operating system developed for ARM64 architecture. It serves as a low-level implementation of kernel engineering, focusing on the fundamental construction of an OS from the hardware level up. The system is distinguished by its comprehensive approach to ARM64 processor control, featuring a red-black tree task scheduler and a hierarchical page table system for virtual memory management. It implements a sophisticated privilege model that handles transitions between kernel and user modes, ensuring process isolation through address space splitting and exception level m
Simulates the boot process and hardware interactions to execute the kernel within a virtual machine.
This project is a cross-platform, open-source emulator designed to execute handheld gaming software on modern desktop and mobile hardware. By recreating the original console environment and system libraries, it allows users to run game files without requiring original firmware. The software achieves high-performance execution through a combination of dynamic recompilation and just-in-time instruction translation, which map console-specific instructions to native host machine code. The emulator distinguishes itself by providing advanced visual and connectivity enhancements that extend beyond t
Replaces low-level hardware components with software implementations of system libraries and kernels to improve compatibility and execution speed.
QEMU is a cross-platform system emulator and hardware virtualization platform that enables the execution of multiple isolated operating systems on a single host machine. It functions as a processor architecture emulator, translating machine instructions between different hardware platforms to allow software designed for one architecture to run on another. The project distinguishes itself through a modular target architecture that separates core emulation logic from specific hardware definitions, supporting a wide range of processor and peripheral configurations. It utilizes dynamic binary tra
Provides full system emulation and user-mode emulation for various processor architectures and peripheral devices.
F Prime este un framework bazat pe componente, conceput pentru dezvoltarea și implementarea software-ului pentru sisteme embedded și zbor spațial. Acesta oferă o arhitectură modulară care decuplează logica software de interfețele de comunicare, permițând dezvoltatorilor să definească structurile sistemului printr-un limbaj de modelare specific domeniului. Această abordare bazată pe modele permite generarea automată de cod, asigurând consistența în topologii complexe de sistem, menținând în același timp contracte stricte de interfață între modulele software. Framework-ul se distinge prin sistemul său integrat de build și suita de operațiuni cu date la sol. Acesta automatizează întregul ciclu de viață al software-ului embedded, de la compilarea încrucișată și gestionarea dependențelor până la generarea interfețelor de telemetrie și comandă. Prin furnizarea unui mediu unificat atât pentru software-ul de zbor de la bord, cât și pentru monitorizarea la sol, facilitează integrarea, testarea și controlul sistemelor embedded distribuite pe diverse platforme hardware. Dincolo de arhitectura sa de bază, proiectul include instrumente cuprinzătoare pentru observabilitatea sistemului, inclusiv vizualizarea telemetriei în timp real, logarea evenimentelor și trasarea diagnosticelor. Acesta suportă o gamă largă de scenarii de implementare, de la medii bare-metal la sisteme de operare în timp real, și oferă mecanisme pentru gestionarea memoriei, modelarea comportamentului bazat pe stări și execuția asincronă a sarcinilor. Proiectul este menținut ca un depozit C++ cu documentație extinsă și suport pentru sistemul de build pentru dezvoltare multi-platformă.
Provides an abstraction layer that mimics threads and message queues to support components requiring OS features in resource-constrained environments.
xv6-riscv is a simplified Unix-like teaching operating system designed for the study of kernel design and hardware interaction. It provides a low-level RISC-V kernel implementation that serves as a bootable system image for execution and debugging within a virtual machine or emulator. The project focuses on educational instruction regarding the RISC-V architecture. It enables the study of operating system concepts through a minimal kernel that implements process management and memory handling. The system covers core kernel operations including multiprocessor resource management and the imple
Provides a target for system emulators to analyze the interaction between RISC-V hardware and the kernel.
Xtreme-Firmware is a custom operating system for the Flipper Zero designed to expand hardware capabilities and remove software restrictions. It functions as a multi-protocol signal emulator for capturing and replaying RFID, NFC, Sub-GHz, and Infrared signals to test hardware security. The project features a specialized USB HID attack framework for sending keystroke payloads and spoofing device identifiers over USB and Bluetooth. It also includes a WiFi penetration testing suite for scanning, sniffing, and sending deauthentication frames using a wireless development board. Broad capabilities
Provides the ability to emulate physical contact keys and hardware identifiers to mimic original iButton hardware.
xv6 is a Unix-like educational operating system designed for teaching kernel concepts. It is implemented as an instructional kernel for x86 and RISC-V architectures, featuring a virtual memory manager and support for symmetric multiprocessing. The system is designed to demonstrate core OS principles through a simplified re-implementation of Unix Version 6. It provides a controlled environment for studying system calls, trap handling, and process lifecycles. Its capability surface covers process management, including scheduling and context switching, and memory management via page tables for
Bootstraps the compiled system image within a virtual machine emulator for testing and execution.
macintosh.js is an Electron-based system emulator designed to run legacy operating systems and vintage software within a modern desktop application. It functions as a virtual machine that replicates the hardware and software environment of a Macintosh Quadra to execute System 8. The project includes a UDP network bridge and virtual Ethernet integration, which routes network traffic to specific ports to enable communication between multiple emulated instances on a local network. The emulator supports virtual disk management and disk-image mounting to transfer files between the host machine an
Replicates a legacy Macintosh Quadra's physical components to launch and interact with operating system images.
AFL++ is a coverage-guided fuzzing framework that discovers crashes and hangs in software by mutating inputs while tracking which code paths are exercised. It functions as both a fuzzing engine and a campaign manager, supporting targets with or without source code through compile-time instrumentation, dynamic binary instrumentation, and emulation. The framework includes tools for crash triage and analysis, test case minimization, and campaign deployment across local or distributed environments. The framework distinguishes itself through its breadth of instrumentation backends, allowing users
Emulates entire x86_64 systems using KVM and QEMU with snapshot support for binary-only fuzzing in a controlled environment.
Bruce este un firmware de securitate ofensivă pentru hardware ESP32, conceput pentru atacuri de rețea, analiză radio și spoofing de identitate bazat pe hardware. Acesta oferă un toolkit specializat pentru desfășurarea operațiunilor de red team, incluzând un instrument de testare a penetrării WiFi, un toolkit radio multi-protocol și un sistem pentru emularea tastaturilor și mouse-urilor USB în vederea injectării de payload-uri. Firmware-ul se distinge printr-o gamă largă de capabilități de manipulare a semnalului, permițând clonarea și scrierea tag-urilor RFID și transmiterea cererilor de împerechere perturbatoare către dispozitivele Bluetooth. Include, de asemenea, un sistem radio multi-protocol capabil să analizeze, să bruieze și să transmită semnale pe frecvențe Sub-GHz, FM și infraroșu. Proiectul acoperă o suprafață largă de capabilități de testare a securității, inclusiv suite de atac pentru rețele wireless pentru deautentificare și beacon spamming, precum și implementarea de captive portals pentru interceptarea traficului. De asemenea, integrează emularea USB HID pentru input automatizat de tastatură și mouse, urmărirea locației GPS și o interfață de administrare la distanță bazată pe web pentru gestionarea dispozitivelor. Sistemul include un interpretor JavaScript embedded pentru executarea scripturilor de automatizare personalizate și utilizează un sistem de fișiere flash-friendly pentru gestionarea fișierelor și scripturilor pe memoria flash internă și cardurile SD externe.
Executes automated keystroke and mouse payloads on target computers via USB keyboard and mouse emulation.
Android-PIN-Bruteforce este un instrument de automatizare bazat pe hardware, conceput pentru a debloca ecranele de blocare ale dispozitivelor Android prin simularea introducerii PIN-urilor numerice. Acesta funcționează ca un emulator de intrare USB HID care imită o tastatură fizică pentru a trimite apăsări de taste către un dispozitiv țintă, fără a necesita acces root sau ADB. Utilitarul este conceput special pentru a rula pe dispozitive echipate cu NetHunter, pentru auditul securității fizice și deblocarea dispozitivelor. Instrumentul gestionează blocările sistemului prin implementarea unor perioade de răcire progresive și întârzieri configurabile între loturile de introducere. Utilizează maparea hardware bazată pe configurație pentru a ajusta secvențele de taste și profilurile de sincronizare pentru diferiți producători de dispozitive și implementări ale ecranului de blocare. Sistemul suportă epuizarea numerică liniară și generarea de secvențe bazate pe tipare folosind măști de expresii regulate pentru a viza intervale specifice de PIN-uri. Include monitorizarea conexiunii pentru a detecta starea dispozitivului și a declanșa automat reîncercările dacă un dispozitiv este deconectat sau repornit.
Mimics a physical keyboard to send keystrokes to a target device without requiring root or ADB.
Asterinas is a memory-safe operating system kernel designed to prevent data races and memory corruption. It functions as a Linux-ABI compatible kernel, enabling the execution of existing Linux binaries and container workloads while providing a declarative operating system distribution model. The project distinguishes itself by acting as a virtual machine container host and a confidential computing guest OS, allowing it to run within hardware-isolated Trusted Execution Environments such as Intel TDX. It implements a minimal trusted computing base by isolating unsafe low-level operations and se
Supports running the kernel and operating systems using full system emulation and binary translation.
Acest proiect oferă un mediu de dezvoltare pentru kernel-ul Linux și o suită de emulare de sistem pentru construirea și depanarea modulelor de kernel și a assembly-ului bare-metal pe mai multe arhitecturi hardware. Funcționează ca un sandbox cuprinzător și un framework pentru dezvoltarea de sistem low-level, utilizând QEMU pentru a simula medii hardware fără a fi nevoie de dispozitive fizice. Mediul integrează toolchain-uri de cross-compilare folosind Buildroot și crosstool-NG pentru a viza platformele x86_64, ARMv7 și ARMv8 de pe un singur host. Dispune de un framework specializat de depanare a kernel-ului care utilizează GDB și KGDB pentru execuția pas cu pas și inspecția stării atât a proceselor de kernel, cât și a celor de userland. Capabilitățile largi includ testarea automată de regresie pentru izolarea eșecurilor de boot și funcționale prin bisection în controlul versiunilor, abstractizarea hardware pentru gestionarea stărilor de putere ale CPU și a registrelor de sistem, și primitive de testare low-level pentru integritatea stării memoriei și analiza assembly-ului. Sistemul include, de asemenea, utilitare pentru benchmarking-ul performanței comenzilor, logarea output-ului și bootstrapping-ul spațiilor de lucru containerizate.
Provides a full system emulation suite using QEMU and gem5 to execute kernel modules and baremetal assembly.