# Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool (FACT)

> Unpack and analyze firmware through an extensible platform whose web interface and HTTP API make component contents and analysis results searchable and comparable across samples.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Firmware tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-16
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core/blob/dc594e8f2ed120b1e04aaf3c52dda201be967dff/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fact-core/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/fact-core/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/fact-core/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The reviewed installer supports Debian 13 and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/26.04; Kali support is experimental. The README lists Python 3.10–3.14.
- Minimum documented resources are 4 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, and about 10 GB for installation, plus storage for unpacked firmware and results.
- The standalone FACT_docker distribution is marked unmaintained; use the documented local or Vagrant setup. Some analysis plugins have separate licenses.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core/blob/dc594e8f2ed120b1e04aaf3c52dda201be967dff/README.md>

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