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The Sleuth Kit vs Autopsy: catalog facts
The Sleuth Kit	Autopsy
Free Free and open source; commercial training and support are sold separately.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…
Command line	Windows, Linux
Analyses disk images and recovers files from the command line C library can be built into other tools	It puts a case-management interface on The Sleuth Kit, with keyword search, timeline analysis, registry parsing and…
Command-line only; use Autopsy for a graphical interface Requires familiarity with file system and forensics concepts	Ingesting a large disk image takes hours, and the Java interface is heavy and occasionally fragile.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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