FAQs
What is Volatility used for?
Volatility is the world’s most widely used best volatile memory forensics framework. It was created by Aaron Walters while drawing on academic research for analyzing memory forensics RAM in 32 bit/64 bit systems.
Is Volatility free?
Yes, Volatility is free to use advance memory forensics framework.
Is Volatility open source?
Yes, Volatility is an open-source memory forensics framework for incident response and malware analysis. Volatility memory analysis open source code repository is available on Github.
Is there an alternative to Volatility?
One of the best alternative to Volatility digital forensics tool is Autopsy Forensic Browser that is available as both free and open-source for Linux, Mac and Windows. Other alternates to Volatility are Caine (Free, Open Source), Rekall (Free, Open Source) and Cado Live (Free).
What is the latest stable version of Volatility?
The latest stable version is 2.6. You can grab the source code, Python installer, or Windows standalone executable from the downloads page.
What is the latest development version of Volatility?
The latest development version is 2.6 which you can clone by checking out the main branch using git like ($ git clone git@github.com:volatilityfoundation/volatility.git).
