Nyx — cross‑platform forensic trace cleaner

A self‑contained script designed to remove forensic artifacts and activity traces from Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. It targets shell histories, logs, caches, and user‑level traces across a wide range of tools and services, providing a unified way to sanitize systems after testing or research activity.

Features: 📍 Cleans shell history and recently used files across multiple interpreters and shells. 📍 Removes system, web server, database, and VPN/proxy logs. 📍 Wipes audit logs, temporary files, crash dumps, and trash data. 📍 Clears network artifacts such as ARP cache, DHCP leases, and VPN configs. 📍 Erases user‑level traces from editors, dev tools, cloud utilities, and security frameworks.

Compared to similar utilities like BleachBit and CCleaner, Nyx is script‑based, cross‑platform, and oriented toward forensic and security contexts rather than day-to-day administrative tasks, though it lacks a graphical interface and automation scheduler.

📎 Tool: https://github.com/evilsocket/nyx

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