List of libraries that can be used in forensic software. This is mostly just an extension of the overview of github.com/libyal/libyal, which is an insane collection of parsers. View a little wider: http://cugu.github.io/awesome-forensics/LIBS
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| Forensic Artifact Handling | ||||
| artifactlib | Process forensic artifact definition files (Go & Python) |  |
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| artifacts | Process forensic artifact definition files (Python) |  |
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| High Level File System Parser | ||||
| fslib | Parse filesystems, archives and other data types (Go) |  |
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| dfvfs | Digital Forensics Virtual File System (Python) |  |
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| pytsk | Bindings for The Sleuth Kit (libtsk) (Python) |  |
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| Store | ||||
| forensicstore | A forensics storage format (Go & Python) |  |
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| acstore | Attribute Container store (Python) |  |
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| Cross-platform Functionality | ||||
| libcdata | generic data functions (C) |  |
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| libcdatetime | date and time functions (C) |  |
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| libcdirectory | directory functions (C) |  |
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| libcerror | error functions (C) |  |
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| libcfile | file functions (C) |  |
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| libclocale | locale functions (C) |  |
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| libcnotify | notification functions (C) |  |
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| libcpath | path functions (C) |  |
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| libcsplit | split string functions (C) |  |
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| libcthreads | threads functions (C) |  |
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| dfdatetime | Digital Forensics date and time (Python) |  |
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| Data Formats | ||||
| libcaes | AES encryption functions (C) |  |
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| libfcache | generic file data cache functions (C) |  |
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| libfcrypto | encryption formats (C) |  |
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| libfdata | generic file data functions (C) |  |
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| libfdatetime | for date and time formats (C) |  |
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| libfguid | for GUID/UUID format (C) |  |
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| libfmapi | for Message API (MAPI) data types (C) |  |
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| libfole | for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) data types (C) |  |
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| libfplist | for plist formats (C) |  |
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| libftxf | for Transactional NTFS (TxF) data types (C) |  |
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| libftxr | for Transactional Registry (TxR) data types (C) |  |
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| libfusn | for Update Sequence Number (USN) Journal data types (C) |  |
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| libfvalue | generic file value functions (C) |  |
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| libfwevt | for Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) data types (C) |  |
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| libfwnt | for Windows NT data types (C) |  |
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| libfwps | for Windows Property Store data types (C) |  |
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| libfwsi | for Windows Shell Item data types (C) |  |
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| libhmac | Hash-based Message Authentication Codes (HMAC) (C) |  |
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| libuna | Unicode and ASCII (byte string) conversions (C) |  |
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| File Formats | ||||
| libagdb | Windows SuperFetch database format (C) |  |
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| libcreg | Windows 9x/Me Registry File (CREG) format (C) |  |
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| libesedb | Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format (C) |  |
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| libevt | Windows Event Log (EVT) format (C) |  |
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| libevtx | Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) format (C) |  |
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| libexe | PE/COFF Executable (EXE) format (C) |  |
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| libgzipf | GZIP file format (C) |  |
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| liblnk | Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format (C) |  |
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| libmdmp | Windows Minidump (MDMP) format (C) |  |
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| libmsiecf | Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) Cache File (index.dat) format (C) |  |
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| libnk2 | Microsoft Outlook Nickfile (NK2) format (C) |  |
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| libnsfdb | Notes Storage Facility (NSF) database file format (C) |  |
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| libolecf | OLE 2 Compound File (OLECF) format (C) |  |
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| libpff | Personal Folder File (PFF) format (C) |  |
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| libregf | Windows NT Registry File (REGF) format (C) |  |
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| libscca | Windows Prefetch File (SCCA) format (C) |  |
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| libwtcdb | Windows (Vista/7) Explorer thumbnail cache database format (thumbcache.db) (C) |  |
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| dfwinreg | Digital Forensics Windows Registry (dfWinReg) (Python) |  |
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| evtx | Parser for Microsoft Event Logs (Go) |  |
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| go-prefetch | A implementation of a prefetch parser. (Go) |  |
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| python-evt | Parser for classic Windows Event Log files (.evt) (Python) |  |
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| python-evtx | Parser for recent Windows Event Log files (.evtx) (Python) |  |
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| python-registry | Parser for Windows Registry hives. (Python) |  |
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| python-sdb | Parser for Application Compatibility Shim Databases (.sdb files) (Python) |  |
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| In-file Formats | ||||
| libmapidb | Exchange MAPI database format (C) |  |
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| libwrc | Windows Resource Compiler (WRC) format (C) |  |
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| File System Formats | ||||
| libfsapfs | Apple File System (APFS) format (C) |  |
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| libfsclfs | Common Log File System (CLFS) format (C) |  |
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| libfsext | Extended File System (EXT) format (C) |  |
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| libfshfs | Hierarchical File System (HFS) format (C) |  |
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| libfsntfs | New Technology File System (NTFS) format (C) |  |
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| libfsrefs | Resilient File System (ReFS) format (C) |  |
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| go-ntfs | An NTFS file parser (Go) |  |
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| python-ntfs | Library for NTFS analysis (Python) |  |
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| Volume (System) Formats | ||||
| libbde | BitLocker drive encryption (BDE) (C) |  |
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| libfvde | FileVault drive encryption (FVDE) (C) |  |
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| libluksde | LUKS Disk Encryption (C) |  |
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| libvsgpt | GUID Partition Table (GPT) volume system format (C) |  |
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| libvshadow | Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format (C) |  |
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| libvslvm | Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system format (C) |  |
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| libvsmbr | Master Boot Record (MBR) volume system format (C) |  |
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| Storage Media Image Formats | ||||
| pyaff4 | A implementation of the AFF4 standard. (Python) |  |
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| libewf | Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF) image format (C) |  |
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| libhibr | Windows Hibernation File (hiberfil.sys) format (C) |  |
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| libmodi | Mac OS disk image formats (C) |  |
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| libodraw | optical disc (split) RAW image format (bin/cue, iso/cue) (C) |  |
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| libphdi | Parallels Hard Disk image format (C) |  |
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| libqcow | QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format (C) |  |
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| libsmdev | storage media devices (C) |  |
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| libsmraw | (split) RAW image format (C) |  |
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| libvhdi | Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image format (C) |  |
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| libvmdk | VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) format (C) |  |
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| aff4 | Advanced Forensic File Format 4 (Python (& C)) |  |
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| c-aff4 | An AFF4 C++ implementation. (C++) |  |
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| Utility Libraries | ||||
| libbfio | basic file input/output abstraction (C) |  |
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| libsigscan | binary signature scanning (C) |  |
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| libtableau | read metadata from Tableau(TM) forensic bridges (write blockers) (C) |  |
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