# Install sleuthkit

Forensic toolkit. Version 4.15.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sleuthkit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/sleuthkit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sleuthkit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libtsk-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libtsk-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sleuthkit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/sleuthkit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sleuthkit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libtsk23
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtsk23 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/sleuthkit
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sleuthkit.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Nvidia.ICAT -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Nvidia.ICAT from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:sleuthkit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sleuthkit>
- **Version:** 4.15.0
- **Source summary:** Forensic toolkit
- **Homepage:** <https://www.sleuthkit.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/docs.php>
- **License:** IPL-1.0 AND CPL-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/releases/download/sleuthkit-4.15.0/sleuthkit-4.15.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-15T21:33:00Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- blkcalc (cli)
- blkcat (cli)
- blkls (cli)
- blkstat (cli)
- fcat (cli)
- fiwalk (cli)
- fls (cli)
- fsstat (cli)
- hfind (cli)
- icat (cli)
- ifind (cli)
- ils (cli)
- img_cat (cli)
- img_stat (cli)
- istat (cli)
- jcat (cli)
- jls (cli)
- jpeg_extract (cli)
- mactime (cli)
- mmcat (cli)
- mmls (cli)
- mmstat (cli)
- pstat (cli)
- sigfind (cli)
- sorter (cli)
- srch_strings (cli)
- tsk_comparedir (cli)
- tsk_gettimes (cli)
- tsk_imageinfo (cli)
- tsk_loaddb (cli)
- tsk_recover (cli)
- usnjls (cli)
- blkcalc (alias)
- blkcat (alias)
- blkls (alias)
- blkstat (alias)
- fcat (alias)
- fiwalk (alias)
- fls (alias)
- fsstat (alias)
- hfind (alias)
- icat (alias)
- ifind (alias)
- ils (alias)
- img_cat (alias)
- img_stat (alias)
- istat (alias)
- jcat (alias)
- jls (alias)
- jpeg_extract (alias)
- mactime (alias)
- mmcat (alias)
- mmls (alias)
- mmstat (alias)
- pstat (alias)
- sigfind (alias)
- sorter (alias)
- srch_strings (alias)
- tsk_comparedir (alias)
- tsk_gettimes (alias)
- tsk_imageinfo (alias)
- tsk_loaddb (alias)
- tsk_recover (alias)
- usnjls (alias)

## Dependencies

- afflib
- libewf
- libpq
- openjdk
- openssl@3
- sqlite

## Build Dependencies

- ant

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.15.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-15
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## セキュリティノート

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sleuthkit
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** ffind
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libtsk-dev - 4.12.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libtsk-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for forensics analysis (development files) | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- Debian apt - libtsk19t64 - 4.12.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libtsk19t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for forensics analysis on volume and filesystem data | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- Debian apt - sleuthkit - 4.12.1+dfsg-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sleuthkit from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for forensics analysis on volume and filesystem data | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- Nix - sleuthkit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/sleuthkit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libtsk-dev - 4.12.1+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtsk-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for forensics analysis (development files) | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- Ubuntu apt - libtsk19t64 - 4.12.1+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libtsk19t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for forensics analysis on volume and filesystem data | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- Ubuntu apt - sleuthkit - 4.12.1+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sleuthkit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for forensics analysis on volume and filesystem data | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- apk - sleuthkit - 4.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sleuthkit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | File system and media management forensic analysis tools | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- apk - sleuthkit-dev - 4.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sleuthkit-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | File system and media management forensic analysis tools (development files) | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- apk - sleuthkit-doc - 4.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sleuthkit-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | File system and media management forensic analysis tools (documentation) | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- apk - sleuthkit-libs - 4.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sleuthkit-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | File system and media management forensic analysis tools (libraries) | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- apk - sleuthkit-static - 4.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sleuthkit-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | File system and media management forensic analysis tools (static library) | http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- dnf - sleuthkit - 4.15.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sleuthkit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | The Sleuth Kit (TSK) | https://www.sleuthkit.org
- dnf - sleuthkit-devel - 4.15.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sleuthkit-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for sleuthkit | https://www.sleuthkit.org
- dnf - sleuthkit-libs - 4.15.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sleuthkit-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Library for sleuthkit | https://www.sleuthkit.org
- pacman - sleuthkit - 4.15.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sleuthkit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | File system and media management forensic analysis tools | https://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit


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- [sqlite](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/sqlite/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libpq](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/libpq/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [afflib](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/afflib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libewf](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/libewf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/ant/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [foremost](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/foremost/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, digital-forensics, file-recovery, forensics, security.
- [bulk_extractor](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/bulk-extractor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, digital-forensics, disk-analysis, forensics, security.
- [regipy](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/regipy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, digital-forensics, forensics, security.
- [xmount](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/xmount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, digital-forensics, forensics, security.
- [binwalk](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/binwalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, forensics, security.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
