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autopsy

GUI-based digital forensics platform built on The Sleuth Kit for disk image analysis, file carving, and timeline generation.

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Capabilities

disk.analysis.image
forensics.file.carving
forensics.timeline.generation
forensics.keyword.search
forensics.hash.analysis

Parameters

Name Type Required Default Description Aliases
help boolean No - Display help message --help
version boolean No - Display version information --version
no-browser boolean No - Do not open the browser on startup --no-browser
flag-p integer No 9999 Port to bind the web interface -p, --port
flag-H string No 127.0.0.1 Host address to bind -H, --host
admin-pass string No - Administrator password for first-run setup --admin-pass
ingest-modules string No - Comma-separated list of ingest modules to run --ingest-modules
keyword-list file No - File containing keywords to search --keyword-list
hash-db file No - Hash database for known file matching --hash-db
flag-version boolean No - Show Autopsy version -version, --version

Artifacts

TypeDescriptionMIMESchemaTrust
disk.image.rawRaw disk image for analysisapplication/octet-stream-verified
forensics.report.htmlAutopsy analysis report in HTMLtext/html-verified
forensics.case.databaseAutopsy case database (SQLite)application/x-sqlite3-verified

Contract

Inputs

disk.image.file

Path to the disk image to analyze

directory.path

Case directory for storing results

forensics.ingest.module

Ingest module configuration

Outputs

forensics.report.html

HTML analysis report

forensics.file.carved

Recovered carved files

Side effects: filesystem_writefilesystem_write

Workflow Edges

Produces

forensics.report.htmlforensics.file.carved

Consumes

disk.image.filedirectory.pathforensics.ingest.module

Resource Profile

ResourceValue
CPUmedium
Memory1024 MB
Networklow
Disk I/Ohigh

Examples

Start Autopsy web interface on default port

autopsy

Start Autopsy on a custom port without opening browser

autopsy --no-browser -p 9999

Bind to all network interfaces

autopsy -H 0.0.0.0

Start with specific ingest modules

autopsy --ingest-modules "RecentActivity,HashLookup,KeywordSearch"

Display help

autopsy --help

Show version

autopsy --version

Documentation

Autopsy — Digital Forensics Platform

Autopsy is a GUI-based digital forensics platform built on The Sleuth Kit. It provides disk image analysis, file carving, keyword search, timeline generation, and hash set analysis through an intuitive web interface.

Key Features

  • Multi-user: Web-based interface supports collaborative cases
  • Modular ingest: Pluggable ingest modules for extensible analysis
  • Timeline analysis: Visual timeline of file system activity
  • Keyword search: Indexed text search across disk images
  • File carving: Recovers deleted files using file signatures

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References