A simple Python file integrity checker that monitors changes, additions, and deletions in a folder.
Inspired by professional tools like Tripwire, it’s useful for system security and folder monitoring.
- Scan a folder and create a baseline snapshot of all files
- Detect modified, new, and deleted files
- Ignore system files like
.DS_Storeautomatically - Color-coded output for easy reading in Terminal
- Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows
- Python 3.8 or higher
- colorama (optional, for colored output)
Install colorama:
pip3 install colorama