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Autopsy vs Plaso: catalog facts
Autopsy	Plaso
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
It puts a case-management interface on The Sleuth Kit, with keyword search, timeline analysis, registry parsing and…	Extracts events from many artifact types into one timeline Works with disk images as well as individual logs
Ingesting a large disk image takes hours, and the Java interface is heavy and occasionally fragile.	Command-line only, with a learning curve Processing large disk images can be slow
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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