The Velociraptor 2023 Annual Community Survey

The Velociraptor 2023 Annual Community Survey

By Dr. Mike Cohen & Carlos Canto


Velociraptor is an open-source project led and shaped by the community. Over the years, Velociraptor has become a real force in the field of DFIR, making it an obvious choice for many operational situations. Rapid7 is committed to continue making Velociraptor the premier open-source DFIR and security tool.


To learn more about how the tool is used in the community and what the community expectations are with regard to capabilities, features, and use cases the Velociraptor team distributed our first community survey in early 2023. We are using this information in order to shape future development direction, set priorities and develop our road map. We are grateful to the community members who took the time to respond.


As an open-source project, we depend on our community to contribute. There are many ways contributors can help the project, from developing code, to filing bugs, to improving documentation. One of the most important ways users can contribute is by providing valuable feedback through channels such as this survey, which helps to shape the future road map and new features.


We’re excited to share some of the responses we received in this blog post.


Who is the Velociraptor community?


Of the 213 survey respondents, the majority were analysts (57%) and managers (26%), indicating that most of the respondents are people who know and use Velociraptor frequently.


We also wanted to get a feel for the type of companies using Velociraptor. Users fell pretty evenly into company sizes, with about 30% of responses from small companies (less than 100 employees) and 20% of responses from very large companies of 10,000 employees or more.


These companies also came from a wide range of industries. While many were primarily in ..

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