libesedb ☆

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Description:
Library and tools for Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database files

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: forensics library database windows cli

Install: brew install libesedb

About:
Libesedb is an open-source library designed to parse and analyze Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database files, commonly known as Information Stores. It provides both the core API for developers and a suite of command-line tools to extract records, metadata, and deleted items from these complex binary structures.

Key Features:

Cross-platform C library with CLI tools
Support for both allocated and deleted records
Python bindings available for scripting
Detailed metadata extraction capabilities

Use Cases:

Digital forensics and incident response investigations
Analyzing Windows Exchange and NTDS database files
Data recovery from corrupted ESE databases

Alternatives:

libyal (suite) – Libesedb is part of the libyal suite; other tools in the suite handle different forensic formats.
esedbtools – Alternative toolset focused specifically on ESE extraction, though less comprehensive than libesedb.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 3:17am		0	VERSION_BUMP	2a9561ec
Dec 23, 2024 9:17am		0	VERSION_BUMP	50f2e935