🔐 KicomAV — Sponsorship

KicomAV is a production-grade open-source antivirus engine
used for real-world malware research and automation.

Sponsorship is not a donation.
It is what keeps KicomAV maintained, stable,
and usable as a security engine.

🎯 Who KicomAV is for

KicomAV is built for:

• Malware researchers
• Security engineers and SOC teams
• Open-source security projects
• Organizations that rely on deterministic AV engines

⚠️ Why sponsorship matters

Maintaining an antivirus engine requires continuous work:

• Malware format updates
• Rule maintenance and tuning
• False-positive handling
• Daemon stability and protocol compatibility
• Infrastructure and CI maintenance

Without financial support,
these efforts slow down or stop.

✅ What sponsorship enables

Sponsorship directly enables:

• Faster malware format support
• Stable daemon and protocol maintenance
• Continuous engine and rule improvements
• Long-term roadmap stability

🔒 About kicomav-x (Experimental)

kicomav-x is a high-performance experimental antivirus engine
implemented in Rust, designed to explore speed-critical paths
beyond the current Python-based engine.

This codebase is currently private due to its experimental nature.

Once KicomAV reaches a sustainable sponsorship level,
kicomav-x will be opened as part of the project.

Sponsorship helps make next-generation engines like kicomav-x
open-source sooner by ensuring sustainable development.