Fastfinder

What's Changed

Features

• Memory scan capability
• cross-architecture compilation (x86/x64/arm)
• YAML configuration verifier
• Folder scanning limited to config. selected paths when there is no regex/wilcard directories
• Enhanced logging and log forwarding

Bugs and stability

• Better unit testing
• Fix some path enumerations issues
• Fix a regression with INIT log not showing on console with some configuration attributes disabled
• Code refactoring

Performance improvements
30% faster file scan with parrallel jobs

Build Automation & CI Improvements

• Added a new GitHub Actions workflow .github/workflows/docker_build.yml to automate Docker-based multi-platform builds and tests, including builder, runtime, and docker-compose validation for both Linux and Windows targets.
• Updated go_build_linux.yml and go_build_windows.yml workflows to use Go 1.24, install YARA v4.5.5, and run unit tests during CI, ensuring modern build environments and improved reliability. [1] [2]

Documentation Overhaul

• Completely rewrote README.linux-compilation.md with a detailed, step-by-step guide for compiling FastFinder on Linux, including prerequisites, YARA build instructions, CGO configuration, troubleshooting, and Fedora-specific workarounds.
• Major update to README.md with clearer project overview, platform badges, installation instructions (including Docker and source builds), improved usage documentation, and screenshots for better onboarding.

Platform Support & Dependency Updates

• Upgraded minimum required Go version to 1.24 and YARA to 4.5.5 across all build scripts and documentation, ensuring compatibility with modern systems and improved performance. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Testing Enhancements

• Added explicit unit test steps to CI workflows for both Linux and Windows, improving code quality and catching platform-specific issues early. [1] [2]

Docker & Cross-Platform Build Improvements

• Provided Docker-based build and runtime instructions in documentation and CI, enabling users to build and run FastFinder without installing any dependencies directly, greatly simplifying setup for all platforms. [1] [2]