AIDE

Spec sheet

Purpose

AIDE is a file and directory integrity checker that uses a database initialized from configuration rules to verify file integrity.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Deployment

The site describes a stand-alone static binary for client/server monitoring configurations.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Support

The project directs usage questions and release announcements to its mailing list, and also offers an IRC discussion channel and GitHub issue tracker.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

License

AIDE is licensed under GPL-2.0.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Founded

1999Read 28 Sep 2026 · aide.github.io

Configuration

AIDE uses plain text configuration files and supports regular expressions to include or exclude monitored files and directories.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Database compression

Database compression with gzip is available when zlib support is compiled in.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Digest algorithms

The site lists MD5, SHA-1, RIPEMD-160, Tiger, CRC32, SHA-256, SHA-512 and Whirlpool among its supported message digest algorithms.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Extended attributes

It supports POSIX ACL, SELinux, XAttrs and extended file system attributes when support is compiled in.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

File attributes

AIDE can check attributes including file type, permissions, inode, ownership, link name, size, block count and timestamps for inconsistencies.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Latest stable release

The site lists version 0.19.4 as the current stable version, released 2026-08-30.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Operating systems

The site says AIDE runs on any modern Unix and lists packages for Linux distributions, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Homebrew, MacPorts and NixOS.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Origins

AIDE was originally written by Rami Lehti and Pablo Virolainen in 1999.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Release verification

The site says source tarballs and repository tags since v0.16a1 are GnuPG-signed and recommends verifying a release signature before use.Read 5 Oct 2026 · aide.github.io

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• File Integrity Monitoring Software#13 of 348.2