The Sleuth Kit vs Timesketch
| The Sleuth Kit | Timesketch | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | Free | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows | api, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| Evidence sources | Raw/dd, E01/EnCase, VHD, VMDK, AFF images; NTFS, FAT, ExFAT, APFS, UFS 1/2, EXT2/3/4, HFS, ISO 9660, and YAFFS2 file systems | Plaso storage files, CSV, JSON, JSONL, Pandas DataFrame, Python dict, XLS/XLSX |
| Mobile forensics | Yes | — |
| Disk imaging | Yes | — |
| Supported platforms | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris | Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), Docker |
| Case collaboration | — | Yes |
| Export formats | — | CSV, JSONL, ZIP, Markdown |
Both are listed in Best Digital Forensics Software. On Samsung Mobile US Press, The Sleuth Kit scores higher on our published basis.