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https://github.com/Wenzel/libmicrovmi

A cross-platform unified Virtual Machine Introspection API library
https://github.com/Wenzel/libmicrovmi

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A cross-platform unified Virtual Machine Introspection API library

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# libmicrovmi


A cross-platform unified Virtual Machine Introspection API library



CI


crates.io





docs.rs


gitter


gitpod




online_docs

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [Project Status](#project-status)
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Documentation](#documentation)
- [Maintainers](#maintainers)
- [License](#license)

## Overview

`libmicrovmi` aims to provide a cross-platform unified _Virtual Machine Introspection_ API. (See [What's VMI ?](https://wenzel.github.io/libmicrovmi/explanation/vmi_api.html))

The term micro (μ) refers to the library's simplicity as well as the letter `U`
standing for `Unified` interface.

_Virtual Machine Introspection_ has been around since [2003](https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2003/virtual-machine-introspection-based-architecture-intrusion-detection/),
yet the ecosystem is still heavily fragmented and lacks standards as well as interoperability. (See [VMI Ecosystem Fragmentation](https://wenzel.github.io/libmicrovmi/explanation/vmi_ecosystem.html))

The main objective is to provide the simplest virtual machine introspection abstraction, offering a standard API to interact with
any VMI provider, with a high degree of compatibility and composability to be integrated with any high-level VMI application.

![libmicrovmi_image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/964610/110927584-1dfc4500-8326-11eb-9ed5-a0732296082b.png)

## Project Status

Below you can find a table describing the apps and drivers that can be used
with libmicrovmi.



App
Driver











API
Platform







  • ✅ Linux

  • ✅ Windows

  • 🔲 MacOS




Legend:
- ✅: full support
- 🟧: partial support
- 🔲: TODO

## Getting Started

The documentation is here to guide you, whether you are a *user* or *developer*.

User

[![User documentation](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/964610/134169948-bf8de1df-6169-4c5a-918a-04bf71fc7c61.png)](https://wenzel.github.io/libmicrovmi/tutorial/installation.html)

- I would like to install libmicrovmi on my system
- I would like to know how to setup my VMI app with libmicrovmi
- I would like to know which drivers are available and how to initialize them

Developer

[![Developer documentation](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/964610/134168828-85f2cf4b-1d4f-455b-af10-f0ba8c49eb05.png)](https://wenzel.github.io/libmicrovmi/developer/libmicrovmi.html)

- I am developing a memory forensic / VM introspection app, and I want an API that supports multiple hypervisors at glance
- I want to add a new driver for libmicrovmi

## Documentation

Our documentation is hosted online at [![online_docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/Online-Documentation-green)](https://wenzel.github.io/libmicrovmi/)

You can find it at `doc/` as an [`mdbook`](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/) 📖

To build the docs locally:
~~~
$ cargo install mdbook
$ mdbook build doc
$ xdg-open doc/book/index.html
~~~

## Maintainers

- [@Wenzel](https://github.com/Wenzel)
- [@rageagainsthepc](https://github.com/rageagainsthepc)

## License

[GNU General Public License v3.0](https://github.com/Wenzel/pyvmidbg/blob/master/LICENSE)