OSINT tool categories
Browse 130 reviewed OSINT tools and GitHub projects by research task.
- Domain, DNS & IPTools for researching who runs a website and where it lives: WHOIS and registration history, DNS records, subdomains, certificates, hosting, and IP reputation.
- Web search & archivesSearch engines, archives, and caches for finding and preserving what a page said in the past.
- Email & exposureTools for checking whether an email address or domain appears in known breaches, verifying addresses, and understanding an organization's email footprint.
- Image & mediaTools for verifying photos and video: reverse image search, metadata and error-level analysis, and forensic checks for edits.
- Directories & guidesCurated lists, frameworks, and reference collections maintained by the OSINT community.
- Investigation platformsLarger platforms and frameworks that automate collection across many sources, link entities together, and organize case data.
- Social & identityTools for finding accounts by username, analyzing public social media activity, and mapping online identities across platforms.
- Web recon & crawlingCrawlers, scrapers, and recon tools for mapping a website's pages, technologies, and exposed files.
- AI & agent workflowsAI models, agents, and automation that help summarize sources, extract entities, and run repeatable research workflows.
- Dark web researchSearch engines and monitoring tools for researching Tor hidden services and leak sites.
- Threat intelligenceFeeds, databases, and analysis tools for indicators of compromise, malware, and attacker infrastructure.
- Geolocation & mappingSatellite imagery, street-level imagery, and mapping tools for working out where a photo or video was taken and checking claims about places and events..