Data Tools

Scalpel – data carving tool

Scalpel is a data carving and indexing application.

Scalpel is not under active maintenance.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Minimum carve sizes.
  • Multithreading for quicker execution on multicore CPUs.
  • Asynchronous I/O that allows disk operations to overlap with pattern matching which results in a substantial performance improvement.
  • Regular expression support for headers/footers.
  • Embedded header/footer matching for better processing of structured file types that may contain embedded files.
  • For advanced users, support for massively-threaded execution on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).

Website: github.com/sleuthkit/scalpel
Support:
Developer: Basis Technology Corp.
License: Apache License Version 2.0

Scalpel is written in C and C++. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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