https://github.com/fkie-cad/fsstratify
A simulation framework to generate and analyze file system activity
https://github.com/fkie-cad/fsstratify
digital-forensics filesystem-analysis research simulations
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A simulation framework to generate and analyze file system activity
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fkie-cad/fsstratify
- Owner: fkie-cad
- License: mit
- Created: 2022-03-01T09:06:52.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-01-21T15:16:20.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-22T03:23:27.556Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: digital-forensics, filesystem-analysis, research, simulations
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 481 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Citation: CITATION.cff
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README
# fsstratify
## Installation
The following sections give a brief overview of how to install fsstratify and its dependencies.
fsstratify requires at least Python 3.9.
If you want to install fsstratify from this git repository simply run:
```console
$ pip install .
```
If you want to run the tests or if you want to contribute code to fsstratify, you can add the `tests` and `dev` extras to this command:
```console
$ pip install ".[tests]" # this installs only the dependencies to run the tests
$ pip install ".[dev]" # this installs additonal dev dependencies and everything from tests
$ pip install ".[all]" # this installs all dependecies for all possible use cases
```
## Documentation
The `docs` target build the documentation and the `serve-docs` target starts a local web server
so that you can browse the documentation.
```console
$ make docs
$ make serve-docs
```
## Citation
If you use fsstratify in your research, please cite our paper:
**Full Citation:**
> Julian Uthoff; Lisa MarieDreier; Martin Lambertz; Mariia Rybalka; Felix Freiling (2025). Creating a standardized corpus for digital stratigraphic methods with fsstratify. *Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation*, 54, 301986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2025.301986
**BibTeX:**
```bibtex
@article{UTHOFF2025301986,
title = {Creating a standardized corpus for digital stratigraphic methods with fsstratify},
author = {Julian Uthoff and Lisa Marie Dreier and Martin Lambertz and Mariia Rybalka and Felix Freiling},
journal = {Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation},
volume = {54},
pages = {301986},
year = {2025},
note = {DFRWS APAC 2025 - Selected Papers from the 5th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference APAC},
issn = {2666-2817},
doi = {10.1016/j.fsidi.2025.301986}
}
```