A curated list of high-impact OSINT tools for investigations, digital forensics, identity research, phone lookups, cryptocurrency tracing, image analysis, and public records work.
Designed as a practical toolbox for analysts, investigators, DFIR teams, and threat researchers.
- Image & Media Forensics
- Username & Identity Enumeration
- Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Analysis
- Domain, DNS & Infrastructure OSINT
- Search Engines & Multilingual Sources
- Geolocation & Mapping
- Breach & Credential Intelligence
- People Search, Public Records & Legal OSINT
- Phone Number OSINT
- Social Media OSINT
- Open Data, Sanctions & Financial OSINT
- General OSINT Collections
- Tools & Utilities
- Contributing
https://fotoforensics.com
Error level analysis, metadata, and digital tampering checks.
https://29a.ch/photo-forensics
Magnifier, clone detection, noise analysis, and metadata tools.
https://yandex.com/images
Excellent for face and object recognition, especially outside the U.S.
https://pixlr.com/x
Browser-based photo editing for annotation and cleanup during investigations.
https://whatsmyname.app
Searches for a username across hundreds of platforms.
https://hunter.io/search
Corporate email pattern discovery and enumeration.
https://checkuser.org
Cross-platform username checks and profile discovery.
https://www.xing.com/en
European professional networking OSINT target.
https://www.aware-online.com/en/osint-tools/cryptocurrency-tools
Collection of wallet, blockchain, and crypto investigation tools.
https://beaconcha.in
Wallet, validator, and transaction research.
https://www.walletexplorer.com
Bitcoin wallet clustering and attribution.
https://domainstats.com
Domain metadata, hosting intel, DNS, Whois, and ranking signals.
https://viewdns.info
DNS lookup, reverse IP, Whois history, and geolocation.
https://crt.sh
Certificate Transparency search to find related domains and shared infrastructure.
https://archive.org
Wayback Machine for historical website snapshots.
https://www.baidu.com
Primary Chinese search engine for non-Western OSINT.
https://dzen.ru
Russian news, accounts, blogs, and content discovery.
https://wigle.net
WiFi network geolocation data for tracking wireless networks.
https://overpass-turbo.eu / https://www.openstreetmap.org
Open-source mapping for location analysis and infrastructure search.
https://haveibeenpwned.com
Checks if email accounts appear in known data breaches.
https://dehashed.com
Searchable breach, credential, and dark web database.
https://www.legacy.com
Obituaries, useful for skip tracing and family linkages.
https://www.judyrecords.com
Court records from many U.S. jurisdictions.
https://pacer.uscourts.gov
U.S. federal court documents (account required).
https://www.melissa.com
Address validation, people data, and identity checks.
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/search
Corporate filings, ownership, and financial disclosures.
https://www.fec.gov
Political contributions, donors, and campaign financial OSINT.
https://www.fonefinder.net
Carrier lookup and phone prefix information.
https://www.truecaller.com/reverse-phone-number-lookup
Community-sourced caller ID and attribution.
https://calleridtest.com
Phone spoofing and call verification checks.
https://numpi.com
Basic phone OSINT checks.
https://www.phonevalidator.com
Line type, carrier, and geographic attribution.
https://www.linkedin.com
Professional footprint, employment history, and relationship mapping.
https://www.steamidfinder.com
Gaming identity lookups, profile connections, and SteamOSINT.
https://www.opensanctions.org
PEP lists, sanctions, financial crime datasets, and entity profiles.
https://start.me/p/0PgzqO/photo-osint
Curated set of image investigation tools.
https://github.com/sinwindie/OSINT
OSINT scripts, tools, and investigation references.
https://www.dcode.fr/cipher-identifier
Detects cipher types and helps decode encrypted text.
https://www.i2ocr.com
Free OCR extraction from images and PDFs.
Have a useful OSINT link or investigation tool to add?
Pull requests are welcome.