# mesquidar/ForensicsTools

A list of free and open forensics analysis tools and other resources

Repository: https://github.com/mesquidar/ForensicsTools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/forensicstools
Homepage: https://mesquidar.github.io/ForensicsTools/
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: forensics, digital-forensics, computer-fore, forensic-analysis, forensics-investigations, forensic-tools, tools, free, open-source, awesome-list, metada, metadata, image-analysis, timeline, network, windows, macos, linux
Last push: 2026-07-09T16:29:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2226, "days_push": 55, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2549, forks 359 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.319196+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of free and open-source digital forensics (DFIR) analysis tools and resources. It organizes links across categories like acquisition, memory forensics, network forensics, Windows/macOS artifacts, mobile forensics, timeline analysis, and learning materials.

## Use cases
- find open source tools for digital forensics investigations
- discover memory forensics and disk carving tools
- learn digital forensics with CTFs books and resources
- find tools to analyze Windows artifacts like NTFS and MFT
- locate mobile and browser forensics analysis tools
- build a forensic analysis toolkit for incident response

## When to choose
- you need a curated starting point for DFIR tooling
- you want free and open-source forensics alternatives
- you are learning digital forensics and need resources and challenges

## When to avoid
- you need an actual forensics tool rather than a list of links
- you require commercial or certified forensic tooling with support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, developer-tools
- domain: security, awesome-lists, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: digital-forensics, dfir, awesome-list, curated-list, incident-response, memory-forensics, network-forensics, mobile-forensics, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mesquidar/ForensicsTools (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.319196+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 2026-08-30T02:24:06.601725+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mesquidar/ForensicsTools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.319196+00:00, sha 83114e954a26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.