filegrail
filegrail is an open-source command-line tool for reconstructing the origins of files in a directory after the fact. It analyzes provenance and metadata such as content credentials, EXIF data, download information, GPS, and other forensic indicators for investigations.
Overview
7 featuresIn the Malware analysis & digital forensics space, filegrail takes a focused approach. It focuses on determining where files came from and recovering their provenance after they have been collected. filegrail is an open-source project aimed at digital forensics investigators and OSINT researchers. The project is open source (Apache-2.0). It ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
osint-shifu builds and maintains filegrail, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 107 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include file provenance reconstruction, content credentials, and EXIF analysis.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- File provenance reconstruction
- Content credentials
- EXIF analysis
- Download tracing
- GPS metadata
- Forensic investigation
- OSINT analysis
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Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about filegrail
- What is filegrail?
- Filegrail focuses on determining where files came from and recovering their provenance after they have been collected. It is catalogued under Malware analysis & digital forensics on PulseGate.
- Who should use filegrail?
- filegrail is an open-source project built for digital forensics investigators and OSINT researchers.
- Is filegrail free?
- Yes — filegrail is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
- What platforms does filegrail run on?
- filegrail runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is filegrail still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 107 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to filegrail?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Foremost download, Target, and orewatch.Foremost downloadTargetorewatch
- Who makes filegrail?
- filegrail is developed by osint-shifu.
- How long has filegrail been around?
- filegrail first shipped in 2026.
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