RyanDFIR/hindsight
Browser forensics tool for Google Chrome, other Chromium-based browsers, and Mozilla Firefox observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
88/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 68
- Longevity 100
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: 108.5
- age_days: 4486
- days_rel: 56
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
1497 stars · 183 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hindsight is a free Python-based browser forensics tool that parses web artifacts (history, downloads, cache, cookies, bookmarks, autofill, saved passwords, extensions, Local Storage, and more) from Google Chrome, other Chromium-based browsers, and Mozilla Firefox. It correlates extracted data into a unified timeline and offers both a command-line interface and a local web GUI, with output to XLSX, SQLite, or JSONL.
Use cases
- analyze chrome browsing history for a forensic investigation
- extract cookies and downloads from a chrome profile
- parse firefox places.sqlite history and bookmarks
- build a timeline of user web activity from browser artifacts
- recover deleted browser history during an incident response
- export browser artifacts to a spreadsheet for review
- investigate synced chrome activity across devices
When to choose
- you need to examine Chrome/Chromium or Firefox profile artifacts in a DFIR investigation
- you want a free, scriptable tool with CLI and GUI options and structured output formats
- you need cross-browser artifact correlation in a single timeline
When to avoid
- you need to analyze non-Chromium, non-Firefox browsers like Safari or Edge legacy profiles
- you need a general-purpose disk or memory forensics suite rather than browser-specific parsing
- you require a supported enterprise product with vendor support
Facets
application · maturity active
parser developer-tools data-science security privacy developer-tools files python cross-platform cli windows dfir browser-forensics digital-forensics incident-response chrome firefox chromium web-artifacts timeline-analysis sqlite forensics web-server macos linux
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/RyanDFIR/hindsight · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4e881bfa3aef
- homepage: https://dfir.blog/hindsight/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · de50b48e283c
- site_page: https://dfir.blog/hindsight-parses-firefox · fetched 2026-08-29 · 165bd981f866
- site_page: https://dfir.blog/hindsight-v2026-01 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4ce97729db38
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| RyanDFIR/hindsight | main | 88 |
For agents
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