Best Sysdig Stratoshark Alternatives & Competitors in 2026

APFS FUSE Driver for Linux

A read-only FUSE driver that enables Linux systems to mount and access Apple File System (APFS) volumes, including encrypted and fusion drives.

wxHexEditor

wxHexEditor is a free cross-platform hex editor and disk editor for editing binary files, disk devices, and logical drives with data manipulation and checksum calculation features.

Packet Capture (cStor®)

Lossless packet capture & analysis appliance at 10–200 Gbps line rate.

HexPrism

HexPrism is a fast, privacy-first hex editor built for CTFs and digital forensics.

libevt

libevt is a library to access and parse Windows Event Log (EVT) files.

unfurl

Unfurl is a URL analysis tool that extracts and visualizes data from URLs, breaking them down into components and presenting the information visually.

libsmraw

A library to access and manipulate RAW image files.

cabextract

Free software for extracting Microsoft cabinet files, supporting all features and formats of Microsoft cabinet files and Windows CE installation files.

libregf

A library for accessing and parsing Windows NT Registry File (REGF) format files, designed for digital forensics and registry analysis applications.

libolecf

A library for accessing and parsing OLE 2 Compound File (OLECF) format files, including Microsoft Office documents and thumbs.db files.

libvslvm

A library and tools for accessing and analyzing Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system format.

LiME

LiME is a Linux Memory Extractor tool for acquiring volatile memory from Linux and Linux-based devices, including Android, with features like full memory captures and minimal process footprint.

DMG2IMG

DMG2IMG converts Apple compressed DMG archives to standard HFS+ image files supporting zlib, bzip2, and LZFSE compression formats.

DumpItForLinux

A tool for creating compact Linux memory dumps compatible with popular debugging tools.

Diffy (DEPRECATED)

A deprecated digital forensics tool by Netflix that helped investigators scope compromises across AWS cloud instances by identifying behavioral differences and outliers during security incidents.

ChromeFreak

A Cross-Platform Forensic Framework for Google Chrome that allows investigation of history, downloads, bookmarks, cookies, and provides a full report.

ArtifactExtractor

A script for extracting common Windows artifacts from source images and VSCs with detailed dependencies and usage instructions.

Pancake Viewer

A DFVFS backed viewer project with a WxPython GUI, aiming to enhance file extraction and viewing capabilities.

Penguin OS Forensic (or Flight) Recorder (POFR)

POFR is a Linux forensic data collection system that captures process execution, file access, and network activity for incident response and compliance analysis.

AMExtractor

AMExtractor is an Android memory acquisition tool that dumps physical device memory using /dev/kmem without requiring kernel source code.

LiMEaide v2.0

Python tool for remotely or locally dumping RAM of a Linux client for digital forensics analysis.

kube-forensics

Create checkpoint snapshots of the state of running pods for later off-line analysis.

Dependencies

Dependencies is an open-source modern replacement for Dependency Walker that helps Windows developers analyze and troubleshoot DLL load dependency issues.

AVML (Acquire Volatile Memory for Linux)

A portable Rust-based tool for acquiring volatile memory from Linux systems without requiring prior knowledge of the target OS distribution or kernel.

AuditD on Android

Porting GNU/Linux userland tools to the bionic/Linux userland of Android to provide access to the audit stream for Android applications with minimal overhead.

CyLR

CyLR is a Live Response Collection tool for quickly and securely collecting forensic artifacts from hosts with NTFS file systems.

swap_digger

A bash script for automating Linux swap analysis for post-exploitation or forensics purposes.

usbrip

A command-line forensics tool for tracking and analyzing USB device artifacts and connection history on Linux systems.

Softrace

A Golang application that stores and queries NIST NSRL Reference Data Set for MD5 and SHA1 hash lookups using Bolt database technology.

SIFT

SIFT is a digital forensics toolkit that provides installation management, task execution, and machine image building capabilities for forensic investigations on Ubuntu systems.

pcapfex

pcapfex is a forensic tool that extracts files from packet capture data by analyzing network traffic and identifying embedded file content.

Margarita Shotgun

Margarita Shotgun is a Python tool that enables remote memory acquisition from target systems through command line interface, supporting Linux distributions and other operating systems via Docker containers.

extundelete

A utility for recovering deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions.

Ghiro

Automated digital image forensics tool

MasterParser

A comprehensive Linux log analysis tool that streamlines the investigation of security incidents by extracting and organizing critical details from supported log files.

WindowsSCOPE Cyber Forensics

GUI-based memory forensic capture tool for cyber forensics and cyber crime investigation.

AhnLab A-FIRST 디지털 포렌식 서비스

Digital forensics service for incident analysis and APT response

ExtraHop Packet Forensics

Continuous full packet capture and forensics for network investigations

Menlo Security Browsing Forensics

Browser session recording & forensics for incident investigation & analysis

Cyber Triage Enterprise

DFIR platform for endpoint triage & investigation with EDR telemetry import

Actifile Digital Forensics

Automated digital forensics tool for real-time data activity monitoring and IR.

Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery

Distributed GPU-accelerated password recovery for 300+ file/encryption formats.

Elcomsoft Mobile Forensic Bundle

Mobile forensic bundle for physical, logical & OTA acquisition of iOS/Android/cloud.

ElcomSoft Advanced PDF Password Recovery

Recovers/removes passwords and restrictions from encrypted PDF files.

ElcomSoft Adv. Lotus Password Recovery

Instantly recovers passwords from IBM/Lotus SmartSuite documents.

ElcomSoft Advanced Office Password Recovery

Password recovery tool for MS Office, WordPerfect, Lotus & other office docs.

ElcomSoft Advanced EFS Data Recovery

Decrypts EFS-protected files on NTFS volumes across Windows versions.

ElcomSoft Adv. Archive Password Recovery

Password recovery tool for encrypted ZIP, 7Zip, and RAR archives.