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It's like a high-resolution camera for your system's state, providing IT professionals and forensic analysts with a powerful lens to examine system configurations at any given point in time.\n\n## 🔍 What It Does\n\n5l4pp3r meticulously collects and stores:\n\n- 🖥️ **System Information**: Hostname and timestamp\n- 🌐 **Network Details**: IP addresses, MAC addresses, interface names\n- 📁 **Configuration Files**: From standard system directories and user-specific locations\n\n\nAll this data is compressed and stored in a structured database (SQLite or PostgreSQL), creating a space-optimized, point-in-time record of your system's state.\n\n## 🏗️ Architectural Overview\n\n### Key Components:\n\n1. **Configuration Loading** (`internal/config`)\n\n1. Reads `config.toml` for flexible customization\n2. Defines database settings, compression algorithms, scan directories, and more\n\n\n\n2. **Logging and Instrumentation**\n\n1. Utilizes `zerolog` for structured, timestamped logs\n\n\n\n3. **Storage Setup** (`internal/storage`)\n\n1. Supports SQLite (local) and PostgreSQL (centralized)\n2. Ensures proper schema creation and verification\n\n\n\n4. **Data Gathering** (`internal/gatherer`)\n\n1. Collects system info, network details, and configuration files\n2. Compresses file contents for space efficiency\n\n\n\n\n\n## 💾 Data Ingestion and Persistence Flow\n\n1. Insert System Info (creates `system_id`)\n2. Assign `system_id` to Config Files\n3. Insert Network Interfaces (linked to `system_id`)\n4. Insert Config Files (compressed, with metadata)\n5. Commit the Transaction\n\n\n## 🕵️ Forensic and IT Professional Value\n\n- **Immutable Point-in-Time State**: Reconstruct system settings at snapshot time\n- **Relational Data Model**: Powerful querying capabilities\n- **Repeatable and Extensible**: Track configuration evolution over time\n- **Centralization and Aggregation**: Create a global forensic data lake (with PostgreSQL)\n\n\n## 🚀 Getting Started\n\n1. Clone the repository:\n\n```plaintext\ngit clone https://github.com/copyleftdev/5l4pp3r.git\n```\n\n\n2. Configure `config.toml` with your desired settings\n3. Build and run:\n\n```plaintext\ngo build\n./5l4pp3r\n```\n\n\n\n\n## 📊 Example Output\n\n```plaintext\n11:25AM INF Starting 5l4pp3r...\n11:26AM INF Snapshot completed successfully.\n```\n\n## 🛠️ Possible Enhancements\n\n- Filtering and Exclusions\n- Extended Metadata and Integrity Checks\n- Integration with CI/CD and Automation Tools\n\n\n## 🤝 Contributing\n\nWe welcome contributions! Please see our [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.\n\n## 📜 License\n\nThis project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.\n\n## 🙏 Acknowledgments\n\n- All the amazing open-source libraries that made this project possible\n- The forensic IT community for inspiration and use cases\n\n\n---\n\nRemember: With great power comes great responsibility. Use 5l4pp3r ethically and legally! 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcopyleftdev%2F5l4pp3r","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fcopyleftdev%2F5l4pp3r","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcopyleftdev%2F5l4pp3r/lists"}