Malware Detection ML ML Frameworks

Machine learning projects for detecting, analyzing, and classifying malware across different file types and platforms (PE files, APK, executables). Does NOT include general cybersecurity tools, network intrusion detection, or non-ML-based antivirus solutions.

There are 96 malware detection ml frameworks tracked. 1 score above 50 (established tier). The highest-rated is rednaga/APKiD at 51/100 with 2,431 stars.

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#	Framework	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	rednaga/APKiD Android Application Identifier for Packers, Protectors, Obfuscators and...	51	Established	2,431	YARA
2	0xfke/Malware-Detection-and-Analysis-using-Machine-Learning Malware🦠 Detection and Analysis using Machine Learning (MDAML) is designed...	46	Emerging	42	Jupyter Notebook
3	rieck/malheur A Tool for Automatic Analysis of Malware Behavior	43	Emerging	373	C
4	AFAgarap/malware-classification Towards Building an Intelligent Anti-Malware System: A Deep Learning...	42	Emerging	173	Python
5	Kiinitix/Malware-Detection-using-Machine-learning Anomaly based Malware Detection using Machine Learning (PE and URL)	41	Emerging	179	Jupyter Notebook
6	CalebFenton/apkfile Android app analysis and feature extraction library	41	Emerging	226	Java
7	vannu07/Android-Malware-Detection Android Malware Detection is a machine learning-based security tool designed...	41	Emerging	13	TypeScript
8	hija/MalwareDataScience Malware Data Science Reading Diary / Notes	40	Emerging	130	Jupyter Notebook
9	projectmatris/antimalwareapp Anti-malware for Android using machine learning	40	Emerging	286	Java
10	ANSSI-FR/DECODE Malware detection tool for Windows PE files based on DFIR ORC data	39	Emerging	11	Python
11	Projects-Developer/50-Final-Year-Projects-with-Source-Code Final year projects are a crucial part of a student's academic journey,...	39	Emerging	806	—
12	MohamedMostafa010/ExeRay ExeRay AI detects malicious Windows executables using ML. Analyzes entropy,...	38	Emerging	60	Python
13	user1342/DroidDetective A machine learning malware analysis framework for Android apps.	37	Emerging	136	Python
14	nikolamilosevic86/owasp-seraphimdroid OWASP Seraphimdroid is an open source project with aim to create, as a...	37	Emerging	69	Java
15	0xh3xa/awesome-malware-benign-datasets 🪲 A list of malware and benign datasets for malware research	37	Emerging	33	—
16	iosifache/DikeDataset Dataset with labeled benign and malicious files 🗃️	37	Emerging	150	TeX
17	keithjjones/malgazer A Python malware analysis library.	36	Emerging	50	Python
18	PowerLZY/MalConv-Pytorch 基于深度学习的恶意软件检测研究；MalConv;	36	Emerging	118	Python
19	Kunal-Attri/Malware-Detection-ML-Model This is a Malware Detection ML model made using Random Forest Algorithm	36	Emerging	39	Python
20	Coldwave96/WebShell-AIHunter 机器学习NB算法实现基于文本的WebShell检测工具	35	Emerging	36	Python
21	czs108/Microsoft-Malware-Classification 🔍 "2015 Microsoft Malware Classification Challenge" - Using machine learning...	33	Emerging	31	Jupyter Notebook
22	avdhoot0303/Malware-detection-of-PE-files This project is Malware detection API using ML and CNN techniques	32	Emerging	25	Jupyter Notebook
23	emr4h/CyberMachine Detects cyber threats to the end user with machine learning. This tool can...	32	Emerging	25	Python
24	surajr/Machine-Learning-approach-for-Malware-Detection A Machine Learning approach for classifying a file as Malicious or Legitimate	31	Emerging	74	Jupyter Notebook
25	action-ai-institute/MABEL-dataset MABEL: Malware Analysis Benchmark for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	31	Emerging	31	—
26	yueyueL/DL-based-Android-Malware-Defenses-review Papers, code and datasets about deep learning for Android malware defenses...	31	Emerging	148	—
27	cyberhunters/Malware-Detection-Using-Machine-Learning Multi-class malware classification using Deep Learning	30	Emerging	76	Jupyter Notebook
28	gauthamp10/android-permissions-dataset Android App Permission data of 2.2 million applications from Google Playstore.	30	Emerging	19	—
29	SitinCloud/malwares-ml Machine Learning and Datasets for Malwares Static Analysis.	30	Emerging	19	Jupyter Notebook
30	Vatshayan/Final-Year-Project-Cryptographic-Technique-for-Communication-System Top B.tech/M.tech Final Year Project "Design and Analysis of Cryptographic...	30	Emerging	285	Jupyter Notebook
31	emr4h/Malware-Detection-Using-Machine-Learning This project analyzes PE information of exe files to detect malware. In...	29	Experimental	13	Jupyter Notebook
32	Raideeen/Explainable-AI-malware-detection Malware detection with added explanability of AI through saliency map on...	28	Experimental	9	Python
33	Walid-khaled/Design-Patterns-Detection-ML This repository contains an implementation for design patterns detection. In...	28	Experimental	10	Jupyter Notebook
34	DSTI-A20-RW/ransomware-preencryption-detector Creation of a web application for detecting ransomware at pre-encryption...	28	Experimental	8	Jupyter Notebook
35	cmikke97/Automatic-Malware-Signature-Generation Automatic Malware Signature Generation Tool	28	Experimental	16	Python
36	Projects-Developer/10-Latest-Final-Year-Projects-with-Source-Code 10 Latest Final Year Project Includes Source Code, PPT, Synopsis, Report,...	27	Experimental	5	—
37	TanayBhadula/malware-image-detection A deep learning project which uses a method that converts malware .bytes...	27	Experimental	35	Jupyter Notebook
38	cridin1/malware-classification-CNN This GitHub repository contains an implementation of a malware...	27	Experimental	42	Jupyter Notebook
39	Sameer411/Malware-Detection-Using-Machine-Learning Malware Detection Using Machine Learning Bertelsmann Project Repo	27	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
40	Anagh-Sharma/Malware-Detection-using-Deep-Transfer-Learning-Static-Malware-Detection Static malware detection using transfer learning techniques on MMCC_2015 dataset.	26	Experimental	6	Jupyter Notebook
41	Projects-Developer/Top-40-Python-Projects-for-Beginners-to-Advanced Python is a popular and versatile programming language that is widely used...	26	Experimental	4	—
42	inspiringz/XDet 基于机器学习的 Webshell 检测 (OPCode -> N-Gram -> TF-IDF -> XGBoost)	26	Experimental	47	PHP
43	Loai-Houmane/QR-Code-Malware-Detection 🛡️ This project aims to detect malware embedded within QR codes, assisting...	25	Experimental	3	C++
44	DasariJayanth/Malware-Detection-in-PE-files-using-Machine-Learning Detecting Malware in PE files	25	Experimental	27	Jupyter Notebook
45	Anurag-Dutta/KOL-4-GEN Visual Technique for Malware Classification	24	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook
46	da4nyy/ANTIVIRUSxML File integrity monitor with malware detection using machine learning	24	Experimental	14	Python
47	nirogu/ObfuscatedMalwareDetection Obfuscated malware detection using deep learning models and transfer learning	23	Experimental	5	Jupyter Notebook
48	PowerLZY/malware_classification_bdci 2021 CCF BDCI 数字安全公开赛“基于人工智能的恶意软件家族分类”赛题第二名Petrichor战队解决方案	23	Experimental	21	Python
49	Vatshayan/MALWARE-DETECTION-FINAL-YEAR-PROJECT Final Year Malware Detection Project with PPT, Research Paper, code and...	23	Experimental	175	Jupyter Notebook
50	Bogdan2K2/Virus-Scanner Virus Scanner: machine learning malware detection, archive scanning, and...	23	Experimental	1	Python
51	MShantanu110/Malware_VisionCNN CNN-based Malware Classification tool using Visual Entropy and Grad-CAM.	23	Experimental	1	Python
52	mpasco/MalbehavD-V1 Public datasets of malware and benign executable files (Windows EXE files)....	22	Experimental	24	—
53	spatswats/malware-vision-classifier Malware family classification by converting .asm disassembly files into...	22	Experimental	—	Python
54	wrinkl3/Defoe Website defacement detection system based on machine learning	22	Experimental	9	Java
55	Findcoding/Android-Malware-Detection-System-Using-Machine-Learning Leveraging the power of Machine Learning as a tool, we delve into the realm...	22	Experimental	21	Jupyter Notebook
56	rjzak/malware-modeler-rs Generate training data and models for benign vs. malicious files plus related tools.	22	Experimental	—	Rust
57	JerryJev1/image-malware-detection-model 🖼️ Detect and classify malware using deep learning on grayscale images,...	22	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
58	CyberSaR-KAUST/Ransomware-Malware-Family-Detection-Dataset Ransomware detection dataset with function call graphs (FCG) for real-time...	22	Experimental	—	—
59	adeilsonsilva/malware-injection Official implementation for the paper "On deceiving malware classification...	22	Experimental	36	Python
60	4ykutG/webguard Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Yazılım Mühendisliği Bölümü; veritabanı...	21	Experimental	2	C#
61	La-Casette/malicious_pdf_detection This project compares the performance of K-Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector...	21	Experimental	8	Jupyter Notebook
62	rising-anti-malware-team/lame-machine-learning （x64,仅用于测试）基于机器学习的人工智能恶意软件检测(评估)引擎，纯本地模型，适用于PDF/SWF/PE/PE+。Machine learning...	20	Experimental	6	—
63	GlgApr/Malware-Analyzer Automation Batch Malware Analyzer using Ghidra headlessAnalyzer	19	Experimental	12	Java
64	prajitdatta/Microsoft-Malware-Prediction Predicting Malware on 8.9M Machines Using LightGBM	19	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
65	geobour98/malware-classification Malware Classification	19	Experimental	—	Python
66	TomaIjatomi/robust-malware-detection-ensemble Stacked ensemble malware detection with adversarial (MalGAN-inspired)...	19	Experimental	—	—
67	Vatshayan/Network-Intrusion-Detection-Project Network Intrusion Detection System Project using Machine Learning with code...	17	Experimental	105	Jupyter Notebook
68	Projects-Developer/Top-10-BCA-Final-Year-Projects The top 10 BCA final year projects include e-commerce website development,...	17	Experimental	15	—
69	mdshoaibuddinchanda/zombieguard ML-based detection of Zombie ZIP archive header evasion attacks (CVE-2026-0866)	16	Experimental	2	Python
70	Projects-Developer/Top-10-MCA-Projects-Ideas AI, blockchain, IoT, and big data analytics, providing MCA students with...	15	Experimental	7	—
71	Vatshayan/Final-Year-College-Project Final Year Cryptography Project for Secure Communication System. Python...	14	Experimental	9	Jupyter Notebook
72	Vatshayan/Cryptography-Communication-System B.tech College Project for Secure Message Communication though Cryptography...	14	Experimental	9	HTML
73	OdigweIfe/Malware-Interception-Framework A real-time, system-level intelligent download interception framework for...	14	Experimental	—	Python
74	Vatshayan/Android-Malware-Detection-Using-Machine-Learning Android Malware Detection Using Machine Learning Project with Source Code...	14	Experimental	63	Jupyter Notebook
75	Projects-Developer/Cyber-Security-Final-Year-Projects-Github Cyber threat detection using machine learning is a proactive approach to...	14	Experimental	4	—
76	0xh3xa/Portable-Executable-Malimg-Dataset Portable Executable (PE) of Malimg Dataset	14	Experimental	3	—
77	Carl-Trebor-Katalbas/MALDROID MALDROID: Malware Detection in Android Application through APK Analysis...	14	Experimental	—	—
78	shreya-santhosh/Malware-Detection-ML LightGBM malware classifier trained on EMBER dataset — 94% accuracy, 0.9863...	14	Experimental	—	Python
79	CyberSaR-KAUST/Function-Call-Graph-Malware-Family-Detection-Dataset Benchmark malware dataset with function call graphs (FCG) for malware family...	14	Experimental	—	Jupyter Notebook
80	Projects-Developer/50-Major-Projects-for-CSE-Final-Year-Students 50+ Major Projects for CSE Final Year Students Includes Source Code, PPT,...	13	Experimental	—	—
81	malwaredetectioninthewild/explore_data Malware Detection In the Wild Leaderboard (SaTML 2025) -- Datasets and...	13	Experimental	5	Jupyter Notebook
82	Projects-Developer/Top-30-Artificial-Intelligence-Project-Ideas-in-2025 Top 30 Artificial Intelligence Project Ideas in 2025 Includes Source Code,...	13	Experimental	2	—
83	PrathuashaKB/MALDEFENDER-A-Malware-Detection-System Bachelor Thesis - Maldefender is a machine learning-based system that...	13	Experimental	2	—
84	Projects-Developer/Top-20-Python-Projects-With-Source-Code-2025 Top 20+ Python Projects With Source Code (2025) Includes Source Code, PPT,...	13	Experimental	2	—
85	tegridydev/open-malsec Open-MalSec is an open-source dataset curated for cybersecurity research and...	13	Experimental	8	—
86	sidbav/AV-vs-Evasive Malware Detection and Evasion	13	Experimental	5	C++
87	Sarthaklad1034/SecQR SecQR is an AI-powered QR code scanner that identifies and warns users about...	12	Experimental	1	JavaScript
88	Gaurav0502/malware-classification Assessing 📊 the impact of class imbalance on model performance and...	12	Experimental	17	Jupyter Notebook
89	pintamonas4575/SECURITY-project-MAADM-UPM Malware classifier practice and paper revision from security subject. ML and...	12	Experimental	1	HTML
90	Projects-Developer/Innovative-Project-Ideas-For-Computer-Science-Students Innovative project ideas for computer science students Includes Source Code,...	11	Experimental	—	—
91	Projects-Developer/BE-Final-Year-Engineering-Projects BE Final Year Engineering Projects Includes Source Code, PPT, Synopsis,...	11	Experimental	—	—
92	meet21122005/Web-based-Malware-Detection-Using-Machine-Learning Complete full-stack malware detection system with React frontend, FastAPI...	11	Experimental	—	TypeScript
93	sshourya5969/malware-detection-ml-dl Malware detection system using FNN, CNN, and LSTM models with PyTorch,...	11	Experimental	—	Python
94	Projects-Developer/Ransomware-Prediction-Using-Machine-Learning-Project The project aims to develop a machine learning-based system to predict and...	11	Experimental	—	—
95	Dam4323/AndroidMalware-CGDATASET Static classification of android malware samples	10	Experimental	1	—
96	marcoserenelli/MCCukoo Classifying malware by analysing Cuckoo's sandbox reports	10	Experimental	1	Jupyter Notebook

Comparisons in this category

Android-Malware-Detection and antimalwareapp (41 vs 40)