Resources

Join the LEAPPs community on Discord to ask questions, share findings, get help with the tools, and connect with other digital forensics practitioners.

The official LEAPPs GitHub organization — home to LAVA, sample projects, language resources, and supporting repositories for the suite.

Certified digital forensics examiner, creator of the LEAPPs platform, co-host of the Digital Forensics Now podcast, and author of peer-reviewed mobile forensics research. Tools and materials featured in SANS FOR 585 and FOR 498.

A complete guide to writing artifact modules for iLEAPP, ALEAPP, RLEAPP, and VLEAPP — covering module structure, SQLite and plist parsing, LAVA conversation view, and submitting a pull request. Includes a downloadable PDF.

A step-by-step written guide to iLEAPP by Hexordia — covering installation, running an iOS extraction, and interpreting the parsed artifact reports.

A step-by-step written guide to ALEAPP by Hexordia — covering installation, running an Android extraction, and interpreting the parsed artifact reports.

A step-by-step written guide to RLEAPP by Hexordia — covering installation, running an extraction, and interpreting the parsed artifact reports.

A walkthrough on building artifacts that conform to the LAVA output format, so your parsed data renders correctly in the LEAPP Artifact Viewer App.

Learn how to structure and display chat conversation artifacts inside the LEAPP Artifact Viewer App.

A practical walkthrough of ALEAPP by Hexordia — covering installation, running an Android extraction, and interpreting the parsed artifact reports.

A practical walkthrough of iLEAPP by Hexordia — covering installation, running an extraction, and interpreting the parsed artifact reports.

A live demonstration of the LEAPP Artifact Viewer App — exploring parsed artifacts, navigating the interface, and getting the most out of LAVA's features.

Pre-parsed sample projects for use with LAVA and the LEAPPs tools, sourced from publicly available forensic images. Explore datasets, test features, and validate workflows without needing to download and parse images independently.

Community-driven translations for the iLEAPP, ALEAPP, RLEAPP, VLEAPP, and LAVA user interfaces. Contribute a translation or improve an existing one to help make the tools accessible in your language.