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Linux AuditAuditbeat
Free

Free and open source.

 Free

Auditbeat is part of the Elastic Stack.

Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Standard audit system shipped with major Linux distributions
  • Rules can track file access and system calls
  • Collects and normalizes Linux audit events
  • Can reuse existing audit rules
  • Linux only
  • Rule syntax and log format take time to learn
  • Audit event collection is for Linux
  • Ships events to Elasticsearch or Logstash for analysis
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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