There is that old developer adage: “Java: Build once, run everywhere.” After my experiences over the last few months, I can only chuckle and say: “Keep dreaming” ;)

It all started late last year when I took over maintainership for a number of DFIR-related (Digital Forensics and Incident Response) security ports on OpenBSD. Early this year, the first major update was due—most notably Sleuthkit and Plaso, which brought a considerable wave of new dependencies. Those command-line tools are great to have, but a proper GUI application was still missing: Autopsy.