USN Journal Parser

Parse Windows NTFS USN Journal ($UsnJrnl:$J) files entirely in your browser. Files never leave your machine.

What is the NTFS USN Journal?

The Update Sequence Number Journal is a change log that NTFS maintains for every file create, delete, rename and metadata modification on a volume. It lives in the alternate data stream \$Extend\$UsnJrnl:$J and is one of the richest sources of timeline evidence in Windows forensics.

Read the full NTFS USN Journal guide

When is it used?

Incident response, intrusion timelines, ransomware analysis, insider-threat investigations — any case where you need a record of file activity even after files have been deleted from disk.

Why parse in the browser?

Journal files contain artefacts of every action on the volume — sensitive by nature. This tool ships a WebAssembly parser to your machine; the file never reaches our servers, and there is nothing to log.