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Security

IPED – digital evidence processor and analysis tool

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Security

IPED processes and analyses digital evidence with high-performance indexing, data carving, searching, timelines, viewers and reporting tools.

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Data Tools

RecoverPy – terminal-based data recovery tool

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

RecoverPy is a data recovery tool that searches raw block devices for byte patterns and lets you inspect and extract recoverable content.

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Data Tools

OpenSuperClone – powerful data recovery utility for Linux

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

OpenSuperClone offers advanced drive cloning and extraction features for recovering data from failing storage media.

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System administration

RevLix – data recovery tool

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

RevLix is a data recovery tool developed to recover deleted files on Linux systems. This program uses the PhotoRec infrastructure.

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System administration

Relax-and-Recover – Linux Disaster Recovery

September 5, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) is a setup-and-forget Linux bare metal disaster recovery solution.

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Documentation

extundelete recovers deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions

May 23, 2025 Steve Emms Software

extundelete is designed to undelete files from an unmounted partition to a separate (mounted) partition.

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QR Tools

qr-backup – preserve files using printable QR codes

February 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qr-backup creates printable QR code backups of files with compression, optional encryption, error recovery and webcam or scanner recovery.

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Git Clients

git-repair – repair damaged Git repositories

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-repair recovers damaged Git repositories by restoring missing objects from remotes and repairing broken branches when necessary.

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Data Tools

ext4magic – recover deleted or overwritten files

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

ext4magic is a Linux admin tool.It can help to recover deleted or overwritten files on ext3 and ext4 filesystems.

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Data Tools

Scalpel – data carving tool

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Scalpel is a data carving and indexing application. Scalpel is not under active maintenance. This is free and open source software.

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Data Tools

Foremost – recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Foremost is a terminal-based program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures.

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Data Tools

Redo Rescue – backup and recovery solution

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Redo Rescue can backup and restore an entire system in minutes, with a simple point-and-click interface. Free and open source software.

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Data Tools

safecopy – data recovery tool

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Safecopy is a data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a seekable, but problematic source.

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Data Tools

Knoppix – Live distribution

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Knoppix is a bootable CD with a collection of open source Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and much more.

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Data Tools

Rescuezilla – Easy Backup, Recovery & Bare Metal Restore

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Rescuezilla (formerly known as Redo Backup and Recovery) is so simple and user-friendly that anyone can use it.

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Data Tools

PhotoRec – file data recovery software

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

PhotoRec is a data recovery software tool designed to recover lost files from digital camera memory. It’s free and open source software.

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Data Tools

Finnix – system administration live CD

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian.

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Data Tools

TestDisk – powerful free data recovery software

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

TestDisk is a powerful data recovery software. Designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again.

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Data Tools

SystemRescueCd – system rescue disk

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick. It can also be booted over the network using PXE.

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Data Tools

Trinity Rescue Kit – live Linux distribution

October 8, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a live Linux distribution that aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines.

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