macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install foremostlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install foremostMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/foremost/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install foremostDebian stable package indexes · foremost · 来源: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install foremostFedora Rawhide package metadata · foremost · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#foremostnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fo/foremost/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S foremostArch Linux sync databases · foremost · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
概览
软件包摘要
Console program to recover files based on their headers and footers
历史
项目历史与用法
Foremost is a console data-carving utility for recovering files from disk images, raw drives, and forensic images by matching file headers, footers, and internal structures.
项目历史
The upstream site says Foremost was originally developed by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research, then opened to the general public.
The bundled README credits Special Agents Kris Kendall and Jesse Kornblum of the USAF Office of Special Investigations, starting in March 2001, and says the project was inspired by CarvThis from the Defense Computer Forensic Lab.
采用历史
Foremost's adoption is tied to digital forensics workflows rather than a single language ecosystem. The official site advertises use on images from tools such as dd, Safeback, and EnCase, and links to DFRWS challenge material and sample carving test images.
It is packaged broadly across Unix package managers because it is a small C command-line tool with a stable forensic niche: file recovery by signatures without depending on a full forensic suite.
使用方式
Foremost can scan a disk image or drive directly, write recovered files to an output directory, and use built-in file-type detectors or a configuration file that defines extensions, case sensitivity, maximum size, headers, and optional footers.
If no configuration file is specified, the manual says Foremost first checks foremost.conf in the current directory and then /etc/foremost.conf.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Foremost is a classic package-manager utility: small, scriptable, old, and still useful because it implements one forensic primitive well.
Its configuration-file format is significant for package users because distributions can ship a system-wide foremost.conf while investigators can keep case-specific signatures beside evidence images.
时间线
- 1999: CarvThis from the Defense Computer Forensic Lab inspires the project.
- 2001: Foremost development starts at the USAF Office of Special Investigations.
- 2002: The SourceForge project metadata records public project hosting beginning in April 2002.
- 2006: The official site links Foremost material for the DFRWS 2006 challenge.
- 2007: The official site links Foremost material for the DFRWS 2007 challenge.
- 2009: Foremost 1.5.7 is published as the latest upstream source archive on the project site.
Related projects
- Foremost is related to forensic imaging tools such as dd, Safeback, and EnCase as input sources for evidence images.
- Its README names CarvThis as an inspiration, placing Foremost in the older data-carving lineage of command-line forensic recovery tools.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 13 个平台目标。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./foremost.conf/etc/foremost.conf
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
foremost | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-25
管理器版本1.5.7
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
https://foremost.sourceforge.net/
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://foremost.sourceforge.net/none 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:foremost |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.5.7 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/foremost |
| 主页 | https://foremost.sourceforge.net/ |
| 上游文档 | https://foremost.sourceforge.net/ |
| 许可证 | LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain |
| 源码归档 | https://foremost.sourceforge.net/pkg/foremost-1.5.7.tar.gz |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | foremost |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
foremost 1.5.7-11+b2
forensic program to recover lost files
https://sourceforge.net/projects/foremost/
sudo apt install foremost- Section: admin
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: foremost
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Foremost
Nix95%
foremost
nix profile install nixpkgs#foremost- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Foremost
Ubuntu apt95%
foremost 1.5.7-11
forensic program to recover lost files
https://sourceforge.net/projects/foremost/
sudo apt install foremost- Section: universe/admin
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Foremost
dnf95%
foremost 1.5.7-37.fc44
Recover files by "carving" them from a raw disk
sudo dnf install foremost- License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: foremost
- 2 依赖
- 2 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Foremost
pacman95%
foremost 1.5.7-7
A console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures
http://foremost.sourceforge.net/
sudo pacman -S foremost- License: custom
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Foremost
MacPorts95%
foremost
sudo port install foremost- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Foremost
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment