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Scalpel
Scalpel · founded 2005
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Scalpel
Free
Open source data carving tool
Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Carving patterns
- Scalpel carves files using patterns based on fixed binary strings or regular expressions.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- The included scalpel.conf has all supported file patterns commented out, so users must edit it to activate patterns.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Features
- The README lists minimum carve sizes, multithreading, asynchronous I/O, regular-expression headers and footers, and embedded header/footer matching among the v2.0 features.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- GPU support
- GPU execution is available only on Linux, requires the NVIDIA CUDA SDK and a compatible NVIDIA GPU, and does not support regular-expression-based headers or footers.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The README says an effort to integrate Scalpel with Autopsy through Java/JNI bindings was abandoned after memory leaks were encountered.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The README says Scalpel was released under the Apache 2.0 License; the repository includes an Apache License 2.0 text file.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The project says Scalpel is not actively maintained and no official releases are being made.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- Linux,Windows,macOSgithub.com · read 19 Sep 2026
- Other Unix systems
- The project says it does not currently support Unix variants other than Linux and advises thorough testing before production use on alternate platforms.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- File preview
- Yesgithub.com · read 19 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Scalpel is an open source file carving and indexing application.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Recovery sources
- disk imagesgithub.com · read 19 Sep 2026
- Support
- The README says pull requests may be submitted but may take a while to be reviewed.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Windows download
- The README says a precompiled scalpel.exe is provided for Windows.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Windows limitation
- Carving Windows physical and logical device files is not currently supported.github.com · read 12 Oct 2026
