# Velocidex/velociraptor

Digging Deeper....

Repository: https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/velociraptor
Homepage: https://docs.velociraptor.app/
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: incident-response, forensics-investigations, inventory-management, endpoint-security, endpoint-protection, endpoint-discovery, digital-forensics
Last push: 2026-08-25T05:09:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3084, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 69, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4208, forks 653 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:39.046009+00:00)

## What it is
Velociraptor is an open-source endpoint visibility, digital forensics, and incident response platform that collects host-based state information using the Velociraptor Query Language (VQL). It provides a client-server architecture with a web GUI for collecting forensic artifacts, monitoring endpoint events, and hunting for suspicious activity across fleets of machines.

## Use cases
- collect digital forensic evidence from endpoints during incident response
- hunt for compromised hosts across an entire environment
- continuously monitor endpoint events like process execution and file modifications
- build a self-contained offline triage collector
- triage a suspicious machine locally
- remediate and secure systems at scale after a breach

## When to choose
- you need enterprise-grade DFIR and endpoint monitoring across Windows, Linux, and macOS fleets
- you want to run targeted forensic collections or threat hunts at scale
- you need an offline collector for triaging machines without network connectivity
- you want a self-hosted, open-source alternative to commercial EDR/forensics tools

## When to avoid
- you need lightweight antivirus or real-time malware blocking rather than forensic collection
- you cannot operate a server component or manage agent deployments
- you need a simple log aggregation tool rather than deep endpoint forensics

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: monitoring, search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: security, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: incident-response, digital-forensics, endpoint-visibility, threat-hunting, vql, forensics, dfir, endpoint-monitoring, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- Velocidex/velociraptor (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.046009+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 2026-08-29T18:22:30.189103+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.046009+00:00, sha 089b7b115a2c)
  - homepage: https://docs.velociraptor.app/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:45.169843+00:00, sha 9f0a4420a2df)
  - site_page: https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:45.179244+00:00, sha dba8d7190f76)
  - site_page: https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/deployment/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:45.181553+00:00, sha 924730ef82ae)
  - site_page: https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/overview/security (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:45.183859+00:00, sha 2c121a5a7ab8)
  - site_page: https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/deployment/references (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:45.185595+00:00, sha b35e23c0ebd5)
  - site_page: https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/troubleshooting (fetched 2026-08-29T09:12:45.189149+00:00, sha 71bf1b8c500b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.