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Boolean Strings tool page for search operators, sourcing, recruiting, and OSINT query building.
OSINT tool for finding accounts and public traces connected to an email address across online services.
Cipher387 is an open source project with code, documentation, and setup resources for OSINT resources.
Open source OSINT tool for collecting public information from phone numbers and related online identifiers.
DFIR Diva OSINT page with investigation links, training resources, and research tools.
Open source Discord OSINT resource for researching servers, users, and platform clues.
OSINT search page with tools and queries for finding email addresses and related public information online.
OSINT platform for reverse email and phone lookups, helping investigators find public account links and digital traces.
Facebook Entity Id Parser is a Chrome extension, version 1.0, published September 8, 2019. The page states that the developer obfuscates source code in the Chrome extensions they develop, and that some antivirus software or Windows Defender may alert them as a possible trojan. It is listed alongside other extensions including OSINT and SOCMINT tooling.
The Facebook Friends List Generator is a Chrome extension published in version 1.0 on October 20, 2019. It is presented as a tool for OSINT investigations where a user's friend list cannot be viewed due to privacy settings, offering an alternative to reviewing likes and comments on a timeline. The author notes the source code is obfuscated and that antivirus software may flag it.
Aware Online page with Facebook OSINT search forms and shortcuts for public profile research.
Geolocation OSINT tool for collecting location clues from social media and online sources.
Python package for geospatial intelligence workflows, location data, and map-based OSINT tasks.
Harpoon is an open source project with code, documentation, and setup resources for OSINT resources.
A web based OSINT ressource and tool
Python OSINT tool that checks whether an email address is registered on many sites without sending mail.
A collection of OSINT tools for researching Instagram, Reddit and Snapchat. It includes profile and keyword searches, account analytics, comparison of users, account ID and geolocation tools for Instagram, post and comment searches for Reddit, and username and location video searches for Snapchat. Some tools require the subject's account name.
Intelligence X is a provider of free open source intelligence (OSINT) and forensic tools for investigations. Its toolset supports search across third-party sites, social media intelligence for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, and YouTube, and utilities for tasks including email validation, domain lookups, IP lookups, Bitcoin tracing, and image analysis. All listed OSINT and forensic tools are available to use at no cost.
Intelligence X is a provider of free open source intelligence (OSINT) and forensic tools for investigative use. The platform offers a suite of tools for searching third-party sites, performing social media intelligence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram and YouTube, plus utilities for validating email addresses, looking up domains, IPs, Bitcoin addresses, images and other data types.
OSINT search platform for finding emails, domains, files, leaks, and public records across sources.
OSINT resource hub with search tools, privacy guides, and investigation workflows.
A free collection of search tools from IntelTechniques, described as a supplement to the book OSINT Techniques, 11th Edition. It links to query categories including search engines, social networks, email addresses, usernames, names, addresses, telephone numbers, maps, documents, images, videos, domains, and IP addresses. Queries run in the user's own browser.
OSINT phone search hub with links and utilities for researching phone numbers across public lookup services.