YelpArchive/osxcollector
A forensic evidence collection & analysis toolkit for OS X 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
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
- readme: https://github.com/YelpArchive/osxcollector · fetched 2026-08-28 · 83a0751d46c5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| YelpArchive/osxcollector | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="YelpArchive/osxcollector")
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