Autopsy
Autopsy is a graphical digital-forensics platform built on The Sleuth Kit that analyses disk images and recovers files, browser history and artefacts.
Legal & ethical use. Handle evidence according to your legal and organisational procedures; work on copies, never originals. Use this tool only on systems, networks and data that you own or have explicit written permission to test. Unauthorised access or scanning can break computer-misuse laws (for example Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, and equivalents elsewhere). Practise in your own lab or in authorised environments such as CTFs.
What it is used for
- Analyse a practice disk image in a forensics course
- Recover deleted files and build a timeline
Key features
- Case management
- Keyword search and file carving
- Timeline and ingest modules
Installation
Download the installer from autopsy.com (Windows) or see the Sleuth Kit docs for Linux.
Beginner usage guide
Create a case, add a data source such as a sample disk image, run the ingest modules and explore the results tree.
Example commands
Run these only against your own lab or authorised targets. Placeholder addresses such as 192.0.2.x are documentation ranges.
Workflow (GUI)
New Case → Add Data Source → Disk ImageUse only evidence images from exercises or authorised investigations.
Keep learning
🎓 Learning path: Digital Forensics
References
Source verification
Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
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Commands were written from the official documentation and have not been executed on this site; test them in your lab.