Autopsy vs Bettercap: Which Metasploit GUI tool is Best in 2025?

Autopsy is an open-source digital forensics platform and graphical interface to The Sleuth Kit (TSK), pre-installed on Kali Linux at /usr/bin/autopsy. Developed by Basis Technology and Brian Carrier, it provides a user-friendly web-based GUI for analyzing disk images and file systems, including Windows (NTFS, FAT), UNIX (EXT2FS, EXT3FS, FFS), and mobile devices (Android, iOS). Used by law enforcement, military, and corporate investigators, Autopsy facilitates evidence recovery, timeline analysis, and case management for cyber forensic investigations. Its intuitive design and real-time results make it a cornerstone for ethical hackers and forensic analysts.

Bettercap is a powerful, open-source, and modular network security tool designed for penetration testers, security researchers, and ethical hackers. Pre-installed on Kali Linux, it serves as a Swiss Army knife for network reconnaissance, man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, and traffic manipulation across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Ethernet, and IPv4/IPv6 networks. Written in Go, Bettercap offers a flexible framework with an intuitive web UI, scriptable proxies, and caplets for automating complex attack scenarios.