Metaforge : An OSINT Metadata Analysing Tool that Filters Through Tags & Creates Reports

Metaforge is an OSINT Metadata analysing tool that filters through tags and creates reports. Please note that it requires at least python version 3.5 to work!

Supported Filetypes

  • dll
  • docx
  • doc
  • exe
  • gif
  • html
  • jpeg
  • mkv
  • mp3
  • mp4
  • odp
  • ods
  • odt
  • pdf
  • png
  • pptx
  • ppt
  • svg
  • torrent
  • wav
  • xlsx
  • xls
  • zip

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Setup

Install exiftool

Debian-based

apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

RHEL-based

yum install perl-Image-ExifTool

Arch Linux

pacman -S perl-image-exiftool

Mac OSX

brew install exiftool

Install dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Running Metaforge

  • Place the files you wish to analyze in the /media directory
  • Run metaforge.py

python3 metaforge.py

When it is finished running, check the User_Projects folder and look for the name of the project you entered. Click on the index.html file to view your generated report.

Credit : Chris Morris and Collin Mockbee

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