BulkBindex

BulkBindex is a very DIY extension for Winbindex by @m417z. All the great work is done there really!

BulkBindex fetches compressed JSON files from the Winbindex repository and processes those to download all binaries related to a specific Windows build and month. It can just be really useful to have everything collected after patch tuesday for example.

Usage

BulkBindex is built on .NET6 so you can compile and run it anywhere. Command line usage is shown below.

// Windows
BulkBindex.exe -b 11-22H2 -d 2023-04

// Nix
dotnet BulkBindex.dll -b 11-22H2 -d 2023-04

Where do I get build names?

BulkBindex uses the same build identifiers as on Winbindex. For example, in the listing for ntdll below you can see the version is 11-22H2. Note however that sometimes, other applicable versions are specified in otherWindowsVersions (e.g., 21H2 etc.).

{
    "fileInfo": {
        "description": "NT Layer DLL",
        "machineType": 34404,
        "md5": "c9b7eb6b6320deb5a9dc6ab23be3029d",
        "sha1": "ac9d441181e3b35d4d321002ca5b4d26aa59615d",
        "sha256": "abb30adf05bd71ae8283d8a44e55268de3c408421ec059c626b92b9168adc0f9",
        "signatureType": "Overlay",
        "signingDate": [
            "2023-03-18T02:15:00"
        ],
        "signingStatus": "Signed",
        "size": 2174872,
        "timestamp": 3085964618,
        "version": "10.0.22621.1485 (WinBuild.160101.0800)",
        "virtualSize": 2179072
    },
    "windowsVersions": {
        "11-22H2": {
            "KB5023778": {
                "assemblies": {
                    "amd64_microsoft-windows-ntdll_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.1485_none_38c42af777bdcc16": {
                        "assemblyIdentity": {
                            "buildType": "release",
                            "language": "neutral",
                            "name": "Microsoft-Windows-Ntdll",
                            "processorArchitecture": "amd64",
                            "publicKeyToken": "31bf3856ad364e35",
                            "version": "10.0.22621.1485",
                            "versionScope": "nonSxS"
                        },
                        "attributes": [
                            {
                                "destinationPath": "$(runtime.system32)\\",
                                "importPath": "$(build.nttree)\\",
                                "name": "ntdll.dll",
                                "sourceName": "ntdll.dll",
                                "sourcePath": ".\\"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                "updateInfo": {
                    "heading": "March 28, 2023—KB5023778 (OS Build 22621.1485) Preview",
                    "releaseDate": "2023-03-28",
                    "releaseVersion": "22621.1485",
                    "updateUrl": "https://support.microsoft.com/help/5023778"
                }
            },
            "KB5025239": {
                "assemblies": {
                    "amd64_microsoft-windows-ntdll_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.22621.1485_none_38c42af777bdcc16": {
                        "assemblyIdentity": {
                            "buildType": "release",
                            "language": "neutral",
                            "name": "Microsoft-Windows-Ntdll",
                            "processorArchitecture": "amd64",
                            "publicKeyToken": "31bf3856ad364e35",
                            "version": "10.0.22621.1485",
                            "versionScope": "nonSxS"
                        },
                        "attributes": [
                            {
                                "destinationPath": "$(runtime.system32)\\",
                                "importPath": "$(build.nttree)\\",
                                "name": "ntdll.dll",
                                "sourceName": "ntdll.dll",
                                "sourcePath": ".\\"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                "updateInfo": {
                    "heading": "April 11, 2023—KB5025239 (OS Build 22621.1555)",
                    "releaseDate": "2023-04-11",
                    "releaseVersion": "22621.1555",
                    "updateUrl": "https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025239"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Downloads & Automation

When you run BulkBindex you should expect about a 20 minute runtime to fetch all binaries for a single build (depending on bandwidth). In this repository I have also added GitHub Workflow automation which allows workers to fetch builds for various versions and add them to the same release.

Further testing is needed but a release has already been uploaded for April 2023 -> 11 22H2 & 10 22H2. The intention is to add a schedule to the workflow so these releases are created right after patch tuesday starting from the next cycle.

Halp?!

The code is still quite DIY. I am more than happy to receive PR's both on BulkBindex and the GitHub Workflow automation! Additions which also fetch PDB's welcome!