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A curated list of amazingly awesome open source intelligence tools and resources. Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is intelligence collected from publicly available sources. In the intelligence community (IC), the term "open" refers to overt, publicly available sources (as opposed to covert or clandestine sources)

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Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING if you wish to add tools or resources.

Credits

This list was taken directly from i-inteligence's OSINT Tools and Resources Handbook. I-intelligence is dedicated to helping you improve your ability to collect, analyze, manage, share and communicate information, whether in support of government policy or in pursuit of competitive advantage.

General Search

The main search engines used by users.

Main National Search Engines

Localized search engines by country.

Meta Search

Lesser known and used search engines.

Specialty Search Engines

Search engines for specific information or topics.

Visual Search and Clustering Search Engines

Search engines that scrape multiple sites (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Goo, etc) at the same time and return results.

Similar Sites Search

Find websites that are similar. Good for business competition research.

Document and Slides Search

Search for data located on PDFs, Word documents, presentation slides, and more.

Pastebins

Find information that has been uploaded to Pastebin.

Code Search

Search by website source code

Major Social Networks

Real-Time Search, Social Media Search, and General Social Media Tools

Social Media Tools

Twitter

Facebook

Google+

Instagram

Pinterest

Reddit

Tools to help discover more about a reddit user or subreddit.

VKontakte

Perform various OSINT on Russian social media site VKontakte.

Tumblr

LinkedIn

Blog Search

Forums and Discussion Boards Search

Username Check

People Investigations

E-mail Search / E-mail Check

Phone Number Research

Expert Search

Company Research

Job Search Resources

Q&A Sites

Domain and IP Research

Keywords Discovery and Research

Web History and Website Capture

Language Tools

Image Search

Image Analysis

Stock Images

Video Search and Other Video Tools

Radio and Podcasts Tools

Academic Resources and Grey Literature

Books and Reading

Geospatial Research and Mapping Tools

News

News Digest and Discovery Tools

Fact Checking

Data and Statistics

Web Monitoring

Bookmarking

Startpages

Browsers

Offline Browsing

VPN Services

Note-taking

Annotation Tools

Writing and Office Tools

Slide Show and Presentation Tools

Digital Publishing

Newsletter Tools

Digital Storytelling

Infographics and Data Visualization

Image and Photo Editing

Productivity Tools

E-mail Management

Document and Reference Management

PDF Management

OCR Tools

Cloud Storage and File Sharing

Web Automation

Dashboard Tools

Wikis

Collaboration and Project Management

Communication Tools

Calendars and Scheduling

Mind Mapping, Concept Mapping and Idea Generation Tools

Social Network Analysis

Privacy and Encryption Tools

DNS

Other Tools

OSINT Videos

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