Uncover the story hidden in your files. A powerful, one-click tool for digital forensic analysis.

In the world of digital forensics, time is everything. The Metadata Timeline Generator is a sleek, modern desktop application designed for students, investigators, and the curious-minded. It cuts through the noise, extracting crucial metadata (creation times, modification dates, file types, etc.) and presents it in a clean, interactive, and easy-to-understand visual timeline.

Whether you're analyzing a single suspicious file or an entire folder of evidence, this tool helps you piece together the sequence of events, providing clear insights at a glance.

• 📁 Bulk Folder Analysis: Process an entire folder of files and get an instant dashboard view with a file-type breakdown and a sortable metadata table.
• 📄 Detailed File Timeline: Select any single file to see a focused, horizontal timeline of its key timestamps (Created, Modified, Accessed).
• 📊 Visual Dashboard: An interactive pie chart helps you instantly understand the composition of files in a folder.
• 🖱️ One-Click Operation: No complex commands or setup. Just choose your file or folder and click "Generate."
• ✨ Modern Interface: A clean, Google-inspired dark theme that's easy on the eyes and a joy to use.

This project was brought to life with a modern stack, combining a powerful Python backend with a slick web-based frontend.

To get a local copy up and running, follow these simple steps.

• Python 3.x
• pip

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/BonyKoshy/metadata-timeline-generator.git

2. Navigate to the project directory

   cd metadata-timeline-generator

3. Install Python packages

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the application

   python app.py

You can download the ready-to-use desktop application from our Releases Page.

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