Autopsy User Documentation  4.17.0
Graphical digital forensics platform for The Sleuth Kit and other tools.
Installing 3rd-Party Modules

There are various places in Autopsy that developers can write custom plug-in modules. This page covers how to install them.

There are two types of modules:

Installing NetBeans Modules

If you have an NBM file, then it may contain one or more Autopsy modules. To install it, use the plugin manager at "Tools", "Plugins".

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Choose the "Downloaded" tab and then choose "Add Plugins". Browse to the NBM file. It may require you to restart Autopsy.

Installing Python Modules

If you have a ZIP file with a Python module in it, then unzip the file and you should get a folder. Open the Python module library folder through Autopsy using "Tools", "Python Plugins".

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On Windows this will be under your user directory in "AppData\Roaming\autopsy\python_modules". Copy the module folder into there and Autopsy should identify and use it next time it loads modules.


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