Home

Byteback Wiki

Byteback is a professional Windows forensic imaging and data recovery application: native C++17 engine + Electron/React examiner UI.

Page	Description
Getting Started	Install, build, run, first scan
Architecture	Engine layers, modules, data flow
Security	Trust boundaries, threat model, limits
Roadmap	Now / Next / Later milestones
Troubleshooting	Common failures and fixes
FAQ	Short answers

Links

• Repository: https://github.com/batu3384/byteback
• Issues: https://github.com/batu3384/byteback/issues
• Security: report via Security (private repo — contact maintainer)
• Contributing: see CONTRIBUTING.md in the repo (git identity required)

Status snapshot

Area	State
Native tests	260+ ctest cases (3 optional skips)
TypeScript	tsc + Vitest green
CI workflow	Local .github/workflows/build.yml (push needs workflow OAuth scope)
Latest audit	docs/codebase-audit/2026-08-20-adversarial.md — CONCERNS (documented limits)