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YelpArchive/osxcollector

A forensic evidence collection & analysis toolkit for OS X observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/YelpArchive/osxcollector · homepage · Python · NOASSERTION (other) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4412
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2632
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1894 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

OSXCollector is a forensic evidence collection and analysis toolkit for macOS/OS X. It is a single-file Python script that gathers system data (plists, SQLite databases, files) into a JSON archive for malware incident response.

Use cases

  • collect forensic evidence from a potentially infected mac
  • investigate malware on os x
  • answer how malware got on a machine
  • gather plists and sqlite data for incident response
  • package system state into a tar.gz for analysts

When to choose

  • you need a dependency-free single-file collector for macOS incident response
  • you want JSON output for automated analysis pipelines

When to avoid

  • you need active development or support for modern macOS versions
  • you need Windows or Linux forensics

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

security cli developer-tools security apple-ecosystem developer-tools python cli incident-response malware-analysis digital-forensics osx evidence-collection forensics macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
YelpArchive/osxcollectormain10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="YelpArchive/osxcollector")

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