Bharat FTK vs Autopsy
Basis Technology / Sleuth Kit · United States · Free / open-source
Autopsy is the standard open-source lab tool but has no awareness of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, no §63 certificate, no BNS/BNSS copilot, no UPI parsers, and only English/Latin OCR. Bharat FTK matches Autopsy's timeline and keyword-search surface and adds the entire India-specific stack in a single .exe with no plugin dance.
Capability matrix
| Capability | Bharat FTK | Autopsy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free (open-source) |
| Works fully offline | Yes — air-gap safe, zero telemetry | Yes |
| BSA Section 63 certificate | Yes — one-click, court-ready | No |
| BNS / BNSS / BSA legal copilot | Yes — offline RAG on full corpus | No |
| UPI / Paytm / PhonePe / GPay triage | Native, per-VPA breakdown | No |
| IPC ↔ BNS / CrPC ↔ BNSS translator | Built-in | No |
| Installer footprint | ~110 MB · single .exe · runs from USB | ~450 MB · Java + Sleuth Kit + plugins |
| Data sovereignty | 100% Made in India · never leaves the machine | US project · Indic language and India law coverage requires custom modules |
Migrating from Autopsy?
Cases already in Autopsy can be exported and imported into Bharat FTK for BSA §63 certificate generation, legal-copilot review and Indic OCR — Autopsy remains a fine second opinion on filesystem carving.
Other comparisons
Bharat FTK v3.1.0
Free. Single .exe. No install, no account. Runs on any Windows 10/11 (64-bit) machine or USB — even fully offline.
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · ~110 MB · Runs from USB · No install, no account. Until we complete code-signing, Windows SmartScreen may show an "unknown publisher" prompt on first run — click More info → Run anyway.