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Mitaka
Browser extension for fast OSINT searches and IOC investigation
Mitaka is a browser extension designed to streamline Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigations by enabling quick searches and scans directly from the browser. It allows security researchers, analysts, and investigators to easily examine various indicators of compromise (IoCs) such as IP addresses, domains, URLs, hashes, email addresses, and more. Instead of manually copying and pasting suspicious indicators into multiple intelligence platforms, users can simply highlight a value on any webpage and access multiple OSINT services through a context menu. Mitaka automatically detects the type of indicator and generates appropriate search options for relevant threat intelligence services. Mitaka also includes a refanging capability that converts obfuscated indicators, such as example[.]com or hxxp://example.com, into valid formats that can be analyzed immediately. -
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Trape
OSINT tool for tracking users and analyzing browser data online
Trape is an open source OSINT analysis and research tool designed to track and analyze users on the internet in real time. The project focuses on demonstrating how web browsers can reveal sensitive information about users while interacting with websites and online services. It provides researchers, security professionals, and organizations with a platform for studying how attackers could gather intelligence through social engineering techniques. The tool can clone websites and monitor interactions in order to collect data from visitors, allowing investigators to observe user behavior and session activity. Trape was originally created to educate the public about how large internet services may obtain confidential information such as session status or browser details without users realizing it. Over time, it has evolved into a research platform that helps analysts track cybercriminal activity and study online tracking mechanisms. -
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email2phonenumber
OSINT tool to discover phone numbers using an email address
email2phonenumber is an open source OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) tool designed to help researchers identify a target’s phone number using only an email address. The project was created as a proof-of-concept during research into new OSINT methodologies for extracting personal information from publicly accessible sources and account recovery mechanisms. The tool works by automating interactions with password reset processes on various online services, which may reveal masked phone number digits associated with an account. By combining these partial digits with other publicly available information, the tool attempts to reconstruct or identify the full phone number. The application includes several functions that support different phases of this process, such as scraping phone number fragments, generating possible numbers based on national numbering plans, and testing potential numbers against service recovery mechanisms. -
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tinfoleak
OSINT tool for extracting and analyzing Twitter intelligence data
tinfoleak is an open source intelligence (OSINT) and social media intelligence (SOCMINT) tool designed to automate the collection and analysis of data from Twitter. It focuses on helping analysts extract large volumes of information from Twitter timelines using identifiers such as usernames, geographic coordinates, or keywords. Once the data is gathered, tinfoleak organizes it into structured information that can support intelligence analysis and investigative research. tinfoleak is capable of analyzing user activity, relationships, and behavioral patterns to reveal insights about accounts and their interactions on the platform. It also processes content such as hashtags, mentions, media files, and metadata to identify trends and relevant connections. Additional analysis features help uncover geolocation information, visited places, and user movement patterns when location data is available. -
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Instaloader
Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions
Instaloader is a mature open-source utility for downloading and archiving Instagram content along with rich metadata. It enables users to retrieve posts, stories, reels, highlights, profile pictures, and associated information such as captions, comments, timestamps, and geotags. The tool supports both public and permitted private content when proper authentication is provided, making it useful for research, digital archiving, and social media analysis. Instaloader can be run as a simple command-line tool or used programmatically through its Python module, offering flexibility for automation workflows. It includes smart update mechanisms that resume interrupted downloads and fetch only new media to maintain efficient archives. The project is widely adopted by investigators and analysts who need structured Instagram data collection. In essence, Instaloader provides a robust and highly configurable pipeline for Instagram content retrieval. -
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Open Semantic Search
Open source semantic search and text analytics for large document sets
Open Semantic Search is an open source research and analytics platform designed for searching, analyzing, and exploring large collections of documents using semantic search technologies. It provides an integrated search server combined with a document processing pipeline that supports crawling, text extraction, and automated analysis of content from many different sources. Open Semantic Search includes an ETL framework that can ingest documents, process them through analysis steps, and enrich the data with extracted information such as named entities and metadata. It also supports optical character recognition to extract text from images and scanned documents, including images embedded inside PDF files. It integrates text mining and analytics capabilities that allow users to examine relationships, topics, and structured data within document collections. -
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Argus
Python toolkit for OSINT and reconnaissance with 135+ modules
Argus is a Python-based open source toolkit designed to simplify information gathering and reconnaissance tasks in cybersecurity. It provides an integrated command-line environment that consolidates numerous reconnaissance utilities into a single framework. The tool enables users to collect data about networks, domains, web applications, and infrastructure in an organized and efficient manner. Argus includes a modular architecture with more than 130 modules that support activities such as DNS analysis, port scanning, web application inspection, and threat intelligence lookups. Its interactive CLI allows users to browse available modules, configure targets, run scans, and review results from within a unified interface. The project aims to reduce the complexity of using multiple separate reconnaissance tools by bringing them together in one streamlined platform. Argus also supports integrations with external intelligence services. -
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Situation Monitor
Real-time dashboard for monitoring global news and markets
Situation Monitor is an open-source real-time dashboard designed to aggregate and visualize global information streams related to news, financial markets, technology, and geopolitical developments. The project aims to provide a centralized situational awareness interface where users can observe multiple sources of high-signal information without constantly switching between separate applications or websites. Instead of functioning as a traditional news reader, the platform is designed more like an intelligence monitoring system that highlights important signals from diverse data feeds. The dashboard aggregates real-time updates about economic indicators, corporate developments, geopolitical events, and other macro-level signals that may influence markets or public discourse. Its architecture is implemented using modern frontend technologies, allowing data streams to update quickly while maintaining low resource consumption. -
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WhatBreach
OSINT tool for discovering email addresses in known data breaches
WhatBreach is an open source OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) tool designed to help users discover whether an email address has appeared in known data breaches. It simplifies the process of investigating compromised credentials by allowing users to search for a single email address or analyze multiple email addresses at once. It gathers breach information from various sources and APIs to identify where the email has been exposed in leaked databases or online paste sites. Once breaches are discovered, WhatBreach can provide additional context such as the databases associated with those leaks and any related paste dumps containing the email address. If the breach databases are publicly available, the tool can attempt to download them for further analysis. It also supports deeper investigation of email domains and related profiles, making it useful for researchers, security analysts, and penetration testers conducting reconnaissance or breach analysis. -
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geowifi
OSINT tool for locating WiFi networks using BSSID or SSID data
geowifi is an open source OSINT tool designed to search and retrieve geolocation information about WiFi networks using their BSSID or SSID identifiers. It queries several public WiFi geolocation databases and aggregates the results to help identify the approximate location of a wireless access point. By combining multiple data sources such as Wigle, Apple, Google, WifiDB, Mylnikov, and Combain, the tool can provide location data that may include coordinates and additional network metadata. Users can run searches through a command-line interface by specifying either the BSSID (MAC address) or the SSID of a network. The results can be displayed in different formats, including a structured JSON output or an interactive HTML map showing the discovered locations. geowifi also supports API-based integrations with certain services, which allows geowifi to retrieve more accurate or detailed geolocation data when valid API credentials are configured. -
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Harpoon
Command line OSINT and threat intelligence automation tool
Harpoon is a command line tool designed to assist with open source intelligence (OSINT) and threat intelligence investigations. It helps security professionals and researchers collect and analyze publicly available information from a wide range of online sources. Harpoon is written in Python and organized around a modular plugin system, where each plugin is responsible for querying a specific platform, API, or intelligence service. This design allows users to automate many reconnaissance and intelligence gathering tasks directly from the terminal. Harpoon integrates with numerous security and data services such as Shodan, VirusTotal, AlienVault OTX, and many other intelligence providers to retrieve information about domains, IP addresses, emails, and other indicators. Many commands rely on API keys that can be configured through a central configuration file, allowing users to connect their own intelligence accounts and data sources. -
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Social-Analyzer
API, CLI, and Web App for analyzing and finding a person's profile
Social Analyzer is an open source OSINT tool that helps investigators discover and analyze a person’s presence across a very large number of social media platforms. It provides a unified API, CLI, and web interface capable of scanning hundreds or thousands of sites for username matches and related metadata. The project includes modular detection and analysis components that users can enable depending on their investigative needs. It is commonly used in cybersecurity, digital forensics, and reconnaissance workflows where identity correlation is required. Social Analyzer emphasizes flexibility, allowing integration into automated pipelines or manual investigations. Overall, the project functions as a powerful reconnaissance engine for mapping online identities at scale. -
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Xteam
All-in-one command-line toolkit for security testing and OSINT tools
Xteam is a command-line security toolkit designed to provide multiple penetration testing and information-gathering utilities in a single interface. It combines several modules and external tools to help users perform security research tasks related to mobile devices, wireless networks, and online services. It acts as a centralized launcher that integrates scripts and third-party tools, allowing users to access different testing functions through a menu-based command line workflow. Xteam includes features such as Instagram information gathering, phishing utilities, wireless attack tools, and Android security testing capabilities. Xteam’s architecture uses a main bash script that serves as the hub for running internal modules or downloading and executing external projects when needed. It can operate on Linux systems as well as Android devices using Termux, making it accessible in both desktop and mobile environments. -
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subfinder
Fast passive subdomain enumeration tool
Subfinder is a high-performance passive subdomain discovery tool built for fast and reliable asset enumeration. It focuses exclusively on collecting valid subdomains from a wide range of passive online sources, prioritizing accuracy and speed over intrusive scanning techniques. The project is widely used in bug bounty hunting, penetration testing, and attack surface mapping because it minimizes noise while producing actionable results. Its modular architecture allows users to enable dozens of data providers through API keys, expanding coverage as needed. Subfinder integrates easily into automation pipelines and CI workflows thanks to its clean command-line design and structured output formats. The tool is intentionally specialized, doing one job extremely well rather than attempting to be an all-in-one scanner. In practice, Subfinder serves as a foundational building block for modern reconnaissance stacks. -
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DNSGen
Intelligent DNS permutation tool for subdomain discovery
DNSGen is an open source DNS name permutation tool designed primarily for security researchers and penetration testers who need to discover potential subdomains during reconnaissance and attack surface mapping. It analyzes existing domain names and generates numerous intelligent variations that may represent valid subdomains within an organization’s infrastructure. These generated permutations help identify hidden or unlisted services that may not appear in standard DNS queries or public records. DNSGen applies multiple permutation techniques to create realistic domain combinations based on modern infrastructure naming patterns, including cloud environments, DevOps tools, and microservice architectures. It can also extract meaningful keywords from existing domain names and incorporate them into newly generated permutations. The resulting domain list can be further processed by DNS resolution tools such as MassDNS to determine which generated domains actually exist. -
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HostHunter
OSINT reconnaissance tool for discovering hostnames from IP addresses
HostHunter is an open source reconnaissance tool designed to discover and extract hostnames associated with a large set of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. It helps security professionals map IP addresses to virtual hostnames using a combination of OSINT data sources and active reconnaissance techniques. This approach enables users to identify hidden or additional services that may be hosted behind a single IP address. By correlating hostname information from certificates, APIs, HTTP headers, and other sources, the tool helps reveal the broader attack surface of an organization or infrastructure. HostHunter is commonly used in penetration testing, bug bounty reconnaissance, and security assessments where identifying virtual hosts is critical. HostHunter supports multiple output formats, making it easier to integrate the results into other security tools or workflows. -
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Moriarty Project
Web-based OSINT tool for investigating phone number information
Moriarty Project is an open source web-based investigation tool designed to gather publicly available information about phone numbers. It allows users to input a phone number and analyze various details related to that number through multiple investigation features. It performs information gathering by scraping data from online sources to retrieve insights such as owner information, spam risk, and related web references. Users can select specific investigation features to run individually or execute all available checks at once depending on their needs. Moriarty Project operates through a browser-based interface and includes multithreading improvements that help speed up the investigation process. Moriarty Project focuses strictly on OSINT-style information gathering and does not provide tracking, hacking, or harmful capabilities against phone number owners. It is fully open source, allowing users to inspect the code and understand how the data collection mechanisms work. -
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NExfil
Fast OSINT tool for discovering web profiles by username
NExfil is an open source OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) tool designed to locate user profiles across the web based on a given username. Developed in Python, the tool automates the process of checking hundreds of websites to determine whether a specific username exists on those platforms. By performing automated queries across numerous services, NExfil helps investigators, researchers, and security professionals quickly identify potential accounts associated with a particular username. The tool focuses on delivering results rapidly while minimizing false positives during the search process. Users can supply a single username, multiple usernames, or a file containing a list of usernames for bulk scanning. NExfil processes these inputs and attempts to detect matching profiles across more than 350 websites within seconds. Because it is command-line based and open source, it can be easily integrated into OSINT workflows and cybersecurity research environments. -
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Tookie-OSINT
Username OSINT tool for discovering accounts across many websites
Tookie-OSINT is an open source intelligence tool designed to help security researchers, ethical hackers, and investigators discover online accounts associated with a specific username. It automates the process of searching for usernames across multiple websites, making it easier to identify a person's presence on different platforms. By entering a target username, Tookie-OSINT scans a list of supported sites and checks whether the username exists on those platforms. This approach removes the need for manual checks and significantly speeds up OSINT investigations. It is similar in concept to tools such as Sherlock, focusing on identifying user profiles across social media and other online services. Tookie-OSINT includes both command-line and optional web interface functionality, giving users flexible ways to run scans and analyze results. Tookie-OSINT was created to help beginners and aspiring security professionals learn about OSINT techniques. -
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paramspider
Mine parameterized URLs from web archives for security testing
ParamSpider is an open source command-line tool designed to discover URLs that contain parameters by mining historical data from web archives such as the Wayback Machine. It helps security researchers, penetration testers, and bug bounty hunters collect potential attack surfaces by automatically gathering archived URLs related to a specific domain. Instead of returning every discovered URL, the tool intelligently filters results to highlight parameterized endpoints that are more useful for vulnerability testing. These endpoints are commonly used during reconnaissance because parameters often expose inputs that may be vulnerable to issues like cross-site scripting, SQL injection, or server-side request forgery. ParamSpider automates the process of retrieving archived URLs, cleaning them, and preparing them for fuzzing or further probing. It can process a single domain or multiple domains from a list, making it useful for both targeted testing and large-scale reconnaissance. -
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pwnedOrNot
Check breached emails and find exposed passwords from public dumps
pwnedOrNot is an open source OSINT tool designed to investigate whether an email address has been compromised in known data breaches and to identify exposed credentials associated with that account. The tool works by interacting with the HaveIBeenPwned (HIBP) API to determine if a given email address appears in breach databases. If the email is found in a breach, the tool proceeds to search for associated passwords within publicly available data dumps. This two-phase approach allows investigators, security professionals, and researchers to assess the exposure level of compromised accounts using publicly accessible breach information. The tool displays useful breach details such as the name of the breach, the affected domain, the breach date, and several status indicators related to the authenticity and status of the breach. pwnedOrNot can also analyze domains to determine whether they have been involved in breaches and can list all breached domains available through the HIBP database. -
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ASN
Command line ASN lookup, network recon, and traceroute tool
asn is a multifunctional network investigation and OSINT command line tool designed for analyzing Autonomous System (ASN) and IP-related data. It provides a comprehensive set of capabilities for inspecting network infrastructure, routing information, and security signals associated with IP addresses, hostnames, prefixes, and organizations. It aggregates data from multiple external services to present detailed information such as BGP statistics, RPKI validation status, IP reputation, geolocation, and prefix ownership. It can also perform AS path tracing, allowing users to observe the network route between systems and identify Internet Exchange Points or anomalies in the path. In addition to its command line usage, asn can run as a web-based traceroute server or as a self-hosted lookup API that returns JSON-formatted data for automated workflows. This flexibility allows the tool to support manual investigations, incident response, and automated network analysis pipelines. -
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BBOT
The recursive internet scanner for hackers
BBOT is an advanced open-source reconnaissance automation framework designed to streamline large-scale OSINT and attack surface discovery workflows. It operates as a modular and recursive scanning tool that can enumerate subdomains, perform port scans, gather metadata, and collect web intelligence through a unified command-line interface. The project emphasizes extensibility, allowing users to create or integrate custom modules that expand the scope of reconnaissance tasks without modifying the core engine. BBOT is particularly valuable for security researchers and red teamers who need to automate multi-stage discovery processes across complex infrastructures. Its architecture supports chaining multiple reconnaissance techniques together, enabling continuous discovery rather than one-off scans. The tool balances power and usability by providing sensible defaults while still exposing deep configuration options for advanced users. -
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MOSINT
An automated e-mail OSINT tool
MOSINT is the fastest OSINT Tool for emails. It helps you gather information about the target email. Email validation, check social accounts, check data breaches and password leaks, finding related emails and domains, scan Pastebin Dumps. Google Search and DNS Lookup. -
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Scope Sentry
Cyberspace asset mapping and vulnerability scanning platform
ScopeSentry is an open source cybersecurity tool designed for cyberspace asset mapping and automated security analysis. It helps security researchers and penetration testers discover, monitor, and analyze internet-facing assets belonging to a target scope. ScopeSentry combines multiple reconnaissance and vulnerability assessment capabilities such as subdomain enumeration, port scanning, directory scanning, and sensitive information detection. ScopeSentry can automatically identify assets and services, extract URLs, and crawl websites to collect useful security data for further analysis. It also includes vulnerability scanning and subdomain takeover detection to help identify common security weaknesses across web infrastructure. It supports distributed scanning with multiple nodes, allowing large scanning tasks to be performed efficiently across different systems.
