# davehull/Kansa

A Powershell incident response framework

Repository: https://github.com/davehull/Kansa
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kansa
Language: PowerShell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-11-22T02:14:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4560, "days_push": 1381, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1661, forks 275 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.487680+00:00)

## What it is
Kansa is a modular incident response framework written in PowerShell that uses PowerShell Remoting to run data-collection modules across many hosts in an enterprise. It gathers forensic data for incident response, breach hunts, and environmental baselining, with analysis scripts for large-scale collections.

## Use cases
- collect forensic data from thousands of windows hosts during incident response
- hunt for breaches across an enterprise network
- build an environmental baseline of system state
- run remote powershell modules at scale via winrm
- analyze collected endpoint data for signs of compromise

## When to choose
- you need rapid, remote data collection across many Windows systems during a security incident
- your environment already uses PowerShell Remoting and you want a free, scriptable DFIR collector
- you want modular, extensible collection scripts you can run standalone or at scale

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform or Linux/macOS incident response tool
- you want a GUI-driven or actively maintained commercial-grade DFIR product
- your environment restricts PowerShell Remoting or execution of unsigned scripts

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, developer-tools, cli
- domain: security, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: incident-response, powershell-remoting, forensics, threat-hunting, dfir, enterprise-data-collection

## Member repositories
- davehull/Kansa (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.487680+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 2026-08-30T03:44:37.183380+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davehull/Kansa (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.487680+00:00, sha d2f210411b1c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.