# MC Extractor

> Find and extract CPU microcode from firmware images, inspect microcode headers and compare entries against a version database.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Firmware tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-29
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/platomav/MCExtractor>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/platomav/MCExtractor/blob/1f309bd8897fd6bce90283bc2b222d6967e4dad8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mc-extractor/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mc-extractor/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mc-extractor/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Supply MCE.py together with its required MCE.db database, Python 3.7+, colorama and pltable. The README documents Windows, Linux and macOS.
- The documented families are Intel, AMD, VIA and Freescale. New or outdated classifications depend on the database; the tool analyzes microcode headers and checksums.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/platomav/MCExtractor/blob/1f309bd8897fd6bce90283bc2b222d6967e4dad8/README.md>

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