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UFS Explorer vs The Sleuth Kit: catalog facts
UFS Explorer	The Sleuth Kit
Paid Perpetual licenses from $69.95, with a free trial for each edition.	Free Free and open source; commercial training and support are sold separately.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Command line
Recovers from drives, disk images, virtual disks and RAID Editions for NAS, network RAID and forensic work	Analyses disk images and recovers files from the command line C library can be built into other tools
Paid licenses required to recover files Professional editions are complex for casual users	Command-line only; use Autopsy for a graphical interface Requires familiarity with file system and forensics concepts
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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