# frankwxu/digital-forensics-lab

Free hands-on digital forensics labs for students and faculty

Repository: https://github.com/frankwxu/digital-forensics-lab
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/digital-forensics-lab
Homepage: https://github.com/frankwxu/digital-forensics-lab
Language: Jupyter Notebook
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cybersecurity, digital, education, forensics, free, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity-education, investigation, hands-on
Last push: 2026-07-28T16:27:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2061, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2930, forks 619 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.548982+00:00)

## What it is
A free, grant-supported repository of hands-on digital forensics labs for students and faculty, built around Kali Linux with PowerPoint slides, lab files, and screenshots. It also includes structured forensic intelligence datasets in JSON format derived from real case studies.

## Use cases
- teach a digital forensics course with hands-on labs
- learn digital forensics using Kali Linux
- find free forensics lab exercises for students
- practice memory forensics and image acquisition
- study real forensic case studies with datasets
- get course slides and materials for cybersecurity classes

## When to choose
- you are an instructor building a digital forensics curriculum
- you are a student learning forensics hands-on with open-source tools
- you want structured forensic intelligence datasets from real cases
- you prefer a Linux/Kali-based lab environment

## When to avoid
- you need production forensic tooling rather than educational material
- you require a Windows or macOS-centric lab environment
- you need a formally licensed textbook or certified courseware

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, developer-tools, documentation, data-science
- domain: security, education, tutorials, osint
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: digital-forensics, cybersecurity-education, kali-linux, memory-forensics, forensic-intelligence, jupyter-notebooks, hands-on-labs, case-studies, linux

## Member repositories
- frankwxu/digital-forensics-lab (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.548982+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:33:26.335084+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frankwxu/digital-forensics-lab (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.548982+00:00, sha 0896409ebd57)
  - homepage: https://github.com/frankwxu/digital-forensics-lab (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:43.835356+00:00, sha 9a5b6f558606)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.