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Autopsy vs Volatility 3: catalog facts
Autopsy	Volatility 3
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free to download and use. The source is published but under a source-available licence…
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…	It reconstructs processes, network connections, loaded modules and injected code from a memory capture independently of…
Ingesting a large disk image takes hours, and the Java interface is heavy and occasionally fragile.	The rewrite moved to the custom Volatility Software License rather than an OSI-approved one, and plugin coverage still…
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Volatility Software License 1.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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