Overview

Autopsy has been designed as a digital forensics platform to incorporate third-party modules (either open or closed source). This document is for developers who want to write add-on modules or modify the internal Autopsy framework.

If you are a user and are looking for documentation on how to use Autopsy, refer to the User Docs.

If these pages don't answer your question, then send the question to the Sleuth Kit Developer's List.

Writing Python or Java Modules

If you want to write Java or Python modules, then there are some tutorials and detailed pages in this document. The Python tutorials include:

File Ingest Modules: Python Tutorial #1: Writing a File Ingest Module
Data Source Ingest Modules: Python Tutorial #2: Writing a Data Source Ingest Module
Report Modules: Python Tutorial #3: Writing a Report Module

This document contains the following pages:

Module Development Overview
Setup
- Java Development Setup
- Python Development Setup
The following are based on specific types of modules:
Advanced Development Concepts
Query the Database
Mobile Forensics

Modifying Autopsy

These pages are more detailed if you want to modify Autopsy code instead of writing add-on modules.