A curated list of awesome tools and resources for open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
- Epieos: Reverse lookup tool for email addresses and phone numbers.
- Hunter.io: Find email addresses associated with domains.
- EmailRep: Check the reputation of an email address.
- Holehe: Check email addresses across multiple sites.
- VirusTotal: Analyze files, URLs, IP addresses, and domains for malicious activity.
- AlienVault OTX: Share and access threat intelligence indicators.
- Maltego: Analyze relationships between domains, IPs, and threats.
- Pipl: Deep search for people across public records and social networks.
- Social Searcher: Monitor mentions on social media platforms.
- Spokeo: Aggregated information about people from online sources.
- OSINT Framework – People Search: Structured links to people search tools.
- LinkedIn: Research employees and company structures.
- Glassdoor: Reviews and insights on companies.
- OpenCorporates: The largest open database of companies in the world.
- Google Reverse Image Search: Identify the source of images.
- Yandex Images: Reverse image search alternative.
- ExifTool: Extract metadata from image files.
- Photo Forensics: Analyze image manipulations and metadata.
- BuiltWith: Identify technologies used by websites.
- Whois Lookup: Check domain registration and ownership.
- Wayback Machine: View archived versions of websites.
- Checkphish: Identify phishing websites.
(Social Media Open Source Intelligence)
- Twint: Advanced Twitter scraping tool.
- Facebook Graph Search: Extract public data from Facebook.
- Social Analyzer: Find and analyze social media profiles.
- Tails: Live operating system focused on privacy.
- Tor Project: Secure, anonymous web browsing.
- ProtonMail: Secure email with end-to-end encryption.
- Qubes OS: Security-oriented OS that isolates applications.
- This Person Dosent Exist: Generate fake profile pictures
- Ahmia: Search engine for Tor hidden services.
- OnionScan: Audit Tor hidden services for security vulnerabilities.
- Dark Web Links: Curated list of dark web sites.
- Numverify: Phone number validation and lookup.
- Hlrlookup: Identify carrier and location for phone numbers.
- TrueCaller: Identify unknown phone numbers and block spam.
- Sherlock: Find usernames across social networks.
- WhatsMyName: Locate profiles by username across hundreds of websites.
- Namechk: Check username availability on websites and social platforms.
(Geospatial Intelligence)
- Google Earth: High-resolution satellite imagery.
- GeoNames: Geographic database with locations and place names.
- OpenStreetMap: Collaborative map platform.
- Sentinel Hub: Satellite imagery for environmental analysis.
This list is a work in progress! Feel free to contribute by adding more tools and resources.