afflib ☆
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Description:
Advanced Forensic Format
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 3.7.22@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Security
Tags: forensics disk-imaging digital-forensics investigation security
Install: brew install afflib
About:
AFFLIBv3 is a library and suite of tools for working with the Advanced Forensic Format (AFF), an open standard for storing disk images and forensic data. It enables efficient storage and analysis of disk images with embedded metadata, supporting compression and segmented image files.
Key Features:
  • Open standard for forensic disk imaging
  • Support for compression and metadata embedding
  • Library and command-line utilities included
  • Segmented image file support
Use Cases:
  • Digital forensics and evidence collection
  • Disk image storage with rich metadata
  • Forensic analysis pipeline integration
Alternatives:
  • ewf-tools – LibEWF is another forensic format library, primarily supporting E01 format which is more proprietary
License: BSD-4-Clause AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Dependencies: openssl@3, readline
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Sep 11, 2025 2:26am 0 VERSION_BUMP 62925703
Nov 14, 2024 5:20pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 2f07964d
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