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Beginner Tools - Depicide - Apr 26, 2025
I see a lot of new people on the site asking for a start to resources and getting started.
My personal opinion is getting use to OSINT tools. The reason being that these tools are usually beginner friendly.
================================= Product Identifying
MAC Address Search
https://mac.lc/
MAC Search
https://www.ipchecktool.com/tool/macfinder
================================ Site Tracking
Visual Ping (Get Notified When Site Changes)
https://visualping.io/
Delta Feed (Get Changes To Sites As News Feed)
https://bitreading.com/deltafeed/
Feedly (Analytic Monitoring Of Sites With API and GUI Function / Threat Intelligence Collection)
http://www.feedly.com
Follow That Page! (Site Tracking, Will Email Changes to Sites)
http://www.followthatpage.com
Google Alerts (Site Tracking For Google Accounts)
http://www.google.com/alerts
Net Vibes (Tracking User Experience And Analytics Of Sites)
http://www.netvibes.com
JetBrains (Collab Style Site Tracking For Teams)
http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/reader
OnWebChange (Trackes Changes In Text, PDFs, With IM And Email Notification)
https://onwebchange.com/
Silobreaker (Site Intelligence Platform For Cyber, Geopolitical Physical Risk Analysis)
http://www.silobreaker.com
TalkWalker (Social And Consumer Data Analytics)
http://www.talkwalker.com
Versionista (Montior Website Changes For Data Intelligence)
http://versionista.com
WebSite Watcher (Monitoring and RSS Feed)
http://www.aignes.com/index.htm
WebScout (website for data/history look-up)
https://webscout.io/
SecurityTrails (Website search for website data/history)
https://securitytrails.com/
=================================== OSINT Sites
OSINT 4 All (Start.me)
https://start.me/p/L1rEYQ/osint4all
OSINT Utopia (Start.me)
https://start.me/p/7kzDqv/osint-utopia-category?locale%20e
Ghost Society (Start.me)
https://start.me/p/Yay1rY/osint-central
OSINT Tools (Start.me)
https://start.me/p/wMdQMQ/tools
OSINT Framework
https://osintframework.com/
FreeMediaHeckYeah (Collection of OSINT Tools)
https://fmhy.net/internet-tools#osint-collections
FreeMediaHeckYeah (Cyber security collection)
https://fmhy.net/devtools#cybersecurity-tools
haveibeenpwned
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Breach.vip (Database Search)
https://breach.vip/
PeopleLookup (Database Search)
https://lookups.io/
De Digger (Search Public Google Drives)
https://www.dedigger.com/#gsc.tab=0&gsc.sort=
Pirate.Moo's Gitbook (Cheat Sheet)
https://piratemoo.gitbook.io/moo/moosint/osint
Netlas.io (Investigation Tracking Website, Search Domain, Email, Phone, People)
https://app.netlas.io/asd/
Offensive OSINT
https://www.offensiveosint.io/
====================================== Public Records
Intelligence X (Gov Database Look-up / public Search)
https://intelx.io/
Crime Data Explorer (Compiled FBI publications of Uniform Crime Reporting Data On An Annual Basis)
https://github.com/18F/crime-data-explorer
ArreStats (Look-up Tool TO Explore the NJ Arrest File From The FBI)
https://github.com/CarlaAstudillo/ArreStats
IP Geolocation (Gather IP Geo Info)
https://github.com/maldevel/IPGeoLocation
========================================= OSINT Tools
Should I Trust (OSINT Tool To Evaluate The Trusworthiness Of A Company)
https://github.com/ericalexanderorg/should-i-trust
Chiasmodon (Partly Free OSINT Command Line Tool)
https://github.com/chiasmod0n/chiasmodon
Ominis OSINT (Google Dorking Info Gathering)
https://github.com/AnonCatalyst/Ominis-Osint
ProIntelligence (Domain Searching and Testing / Verifies Whether Domain Uses Protonmail to Send or Receive Emails)
https://github.com/C3n7ral051nt4g3ncy/Prot1ntelligence
Bevigi OSINT CLI (OSINT API)
https://github.com/Bevigil/BeVigil-OSINT-CLI
cURL For OSINT
https://github.com/C3n7ral051nt4g3ncy/cURL_for_OSINT
iKy (A Tool That Collects Info From An Email and Headers)
https://github.com/kennbroorg/iKy
OSINT (Docker Imgage For OSINT)
https://github.com/Vault-Cyber-Security/osint
Ngoto (OSINT and Password)
https://github.com/HarryLudemann/Ngoto
Moriaty Project (Powerfule Phone Number Search Tool)
https://github.com/AzizKpln/Moriarty-Project
Cloud OSINT (OSINT Search Of Clouds)
https://github.com/7WaySecurity/cloud_osint
Mr.Holmes (OSINT Toolkit)
https://github.com/Lucksi/Mr.Holmes
Opensquat (OSINT For Detecting Domain Look-Alikes By Searching Newly Registered Domains)
https://github.com/atenreiro/opensquat
APIs For OSINT (List Of APIs For OSINT)
https://github.com/cipher387/API-s-for-OSINT
Photon (Data Extract Web Crawler)
https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon
================================== Social Media
Da Profiler (OSINT Public Records Searcher / Sophisticated Searches includes Google Dorking)
https://github.com/daprofiler/DaProfiler
Profil3r (OSINT Tool that Allows you to Find A Person's Accounts and Email, Breached Emails)
https://github.com/Greyjedix/Profil3r
TOSINT (Telegram OSINT Tool)
https://github.com/drego85/tosint
Darvester (Discord OSINT Toolkit)
https://github.com/V3ntus/darvester
Twayback (Download Deleted Tweets From Wayback Machine)
https://github.com/Mennaruuk/twayback
Telegram Nearby Map (Telegram Tracking Nearby Map)
https://github.com/tejado/telegram-nearby-map
Telegram Trilateration (Telegram Tracking "People Near Me")
https://github.com/jkctech/Telegram-Trilateration
Holehe (OSINT For Twitter, Instagram, Info On Sites W/ The Forgotten Password Function)
https://github.com/megadose/holehe
Terra (OSINT Tool For Twitter and Instagram)
https://github.com/xadhrit/terra
Whapa (WhatsApp Parser Toolset)
https://github.com/B16f00t/whapa
Social Path (Track Users Across Social Media Platform)
https://github.com/woj-ciech/SocialPath
Cross Linked (LinkedIn Crawler)
https://github.com/m8sec/CrossLinked
Blackbird (OSINT Tool For Usernames Or Emails)
https://github.com/p1ngul1n0/blackbird
Telepathy Community (Investigate Telegram Chats)
https://github.com/jordanwildon/Telepathy
Facebook Friend List Scraper
https://github.com/narkopolo/fb_friend_list_scraper
Toutatis (Extract Info From Instagram Accounts - Emails, Phone NUmbers, etc)
https://github.com/megadose/toutatis
Octo Suite (Gathers OSINT Info on GitHub Users)
https://github.com/rly0nheart/octosuite
Social Analyzer (Used For Finding Person's Profile over +1000 Social Media Platforms)
https://github.com/qeeqbox/social-analyzer
Social Media OSINT Tools
https://github.com/LinaYorda/OSINTtools
Collector (OSINT Tool For Info Gathering / Phone, GitHub Accounts, IP Address, Instagram, etc)
https://github.com/galihap76/collector
OSINT FB (Facebook OSINT Search / Terminal)
https://github.com/Whomrx666/Osint-fb
NexFil (Searches Usernames Over 250 Websites)
https://github.com/thewhiteh4t/nexfil
InstaSurface (Instagram Surface Scanner On Profiles)
https://github.com/AnonCatalyst/InstaSurface
Discord Server Member Recon (Discord Bot That Collects All Member Data)
https://github.com/RocketGod-git/Discord-Server-Member-Recon
======================================== Phones
M.E.A.T (Mobile Evidence Acquisition Toolkit)
https://github.com/jfarley248/MEAT
Phone Numbers Kata (Generates Lists Of Random Phone Numbers)
https://github.com/emilybache/Phone-Numbers-Kata
Telephone OSINT (Telephone Number Searches)
https://github.com/The-Osint-Toolbox/Telephone-OSINT
Deep HLR (Aimed To Be A Tool In Fraud Prevention)
https://github.com/e-m3din4/deep-hlr
======================================== Emails
Infoga (Email OSINT)
https://github.com/m4ll0k/Infoga
Check If Email Exists
https://github.com/amaurymartiny/check-if-email-exists
ProtOSINT (Helps You Investigate Protonmail Accounts and ProtonVPN IP Addresses)
https://github.com/pixelbubble/ProtOSINT
===================================== Vehicles
Vehicle Info SL (Sri Lanka Vehicle Info Database)
https://github.com/GH0STH4CKER/Vehicle_Info_SL
License Plate Search
https://detailedvehiclehistory.com/license-plate-lookup
VIN Checker
https://vincheck.info/
======================================= Exfil Data
Auto Exif (Bash Script For Easy To USe Interface For Exiftool Utility)
https://github.com/SirCryptic/autoexif
PDFMted (PDF Metadata Editor / Designed TO Simplify Work With PDF)
https://github.com/glutanimate/PDFMtEd
======================================== Audio
Audio Metadata (Extract Metadat From Audio Files)
https://github.com/tmont/audio-metadata
==================================== Cameras
Cameradar (Hacks Into RTSP Video Surveillance Cameras)
https://github.com/Ullaakut/cameradar
============================== Geo-Location
Belling Cat (Geo-Location Search)
https://osm-search.bellingcat.com/
Exif Looter (Finds Geo-Locations on all image URLS and Directories, opening them on Open Street Map)
https://github.com/aydinnyunus/exifLooter
GEOINT Tools For Columbia
https://github.com/Bugs-B0unt3r/geoint-colombia
Describe Picture (Searches open cameras for exact photo of picture and Google maps)
https://describepicture.cc/
========================= OSINT Directories / Multi-Tools / Frameworks
Hell0 (Collection of OSINT Tools)
https://github.com/Thr0wAway-n0w/Hell0
pyhtools
https://github.com/dmdhrumilmistry/pyhtools
Argus (All In One Toolkit)
https://github.com/jasonxtn/Argus
Social Medai OSINT Tool Collection
https://github.com/osintambition/Social-Media-OSINT-Tools-Collection
L'Open Source Inteligence (List of OSINT Tools)
https://github.com/CScorza/EstensioniChromeOSINT
OhShint.Gitbook.io (Gitbook Of OSINT Tools)
https://github.com/OhShINT/ohshint.gitbook.io
ThreatPinch Lookup (Creates Info Tooltips For Online Investigations)
https://github.com/cloudtracer/ThreatPinchLookup?search=1
OSINT Lists (OSINT Directory)
https://github.com/romz0mbie/OSINT-Lists
GOSINT (Swiss Army Knife)
https://github.com/Nhoya/gOSINT
Karma v2 (Passive OSINT Automated Recon Framework)
https://github.com/Dheerajmadhukar/karma_v2
Gasmask (Mass OSINT Collection Tool)
https://github.com/twelvesec/gasmask
App Metadata (Library to Retrieve Most Frequently Extracted Metadata And Icons Within iOS, Android UWP)
https://github.com/Microsoft/app-metadata
Spiderfoot (OSINT Framework)
https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot
Infoooze (Automated OSINT Tool)
https://github.com/7ORP3DO/infooozehttps://github.com/Yashvendra/AutoXploit
MetaOSINT
https://metaosint.github.io/
OSINT Toolkit (OSINT GUI Of Multiple Tools)
https://github.com/dev-lu/osint_toolkit
Tookie OSINT (Simple To Use UI OSINT Tool)
https://github.com/Alfredredbird/alfred
Citizen INtelligence Agency (OSINT Project That FOcuses On POlitical Activity In Sweden)
https://github.com/Hack23/cia
PinOSINT
https://github.com/MustafaAP/pinosint
GHunt (Offensive Google Framwork)
https://github.com/mxrch/GHunt
Karma v2 (Passive OSINT Automated Recon Framework)
https://github.com/Dheerajmadhukar/karma_v2
Goo Fuzz (Fuzzing With OSINT / On Target Server and Google Dorking)
https://github.com/m3n0sd0n4ld/GooFuzz
Oblivion (GUI / Terminal Data Leak and OSINT Tool)
https://github.com/loseys/Oblivion
Osium OSINT Browser (Framework That Works In Browser)
https://github.com/icaza/Ostium-Osint-Browser
Custom Search Engines (List Of Custom Search Engines For OSINT Searches)
https://github.com/The-Osint-Toolbox/Custom-Search-Engines
Coeus OSINT Toolbox (OSINT Platform OF Multiple Gathering Tools)
https://github.com/AnonCatalyst/Coeus-OSINT-ToolBox
RE: Beginner Tools - DarkstarAlph - Apr 27, 2025
This is an amazing collection! Thank you, so many people don't understand that until you learn how to research and listen you will never make it far into your journey
RE: Beginner Tools - Depicide - Apr 27, 2025
(Apr 27, 2025 08:25 PM)DarkstarAlph Wrote: This is an amazing collection! Thank you, so many people don't understand that until you learn how to research and listen you will never make it far into your journey
Glad you enjoy it. Hopefully you can pull some good resources from the list.
RE: Beginner Tools - Rot-Made-Flesh - Oct 19, 2025
Precisely the sort of thing I was looking for, appreciate your service man!
I am primarily interested in analytical research and tools to help me construct my own personal ai powered investigative and academic assistant. Would you happen to have any other resource lists, guides, or tools that you would recommend? I'm a complete beginner in the digital automation and coding world, though I'm a fast learner and easily understand complex and esoteric concepts.
RE: Beginner Tools - Depicide - Oct 26, 2025
(Oct 19, 2025 02:36 PM)Rot-Made-Flesh Wrote: Precisely the sort of thing I was looking for, appreciate your service man!
I am primarily interested in analytical research and tools to help me construct my own personal ai powered investigative and academic assistant. Would you happen to have any other resource lists, guides, or tools that you would recommend? I'm a complete beginner in the digital automation and coding world, though I'm a fast learner and easily understand complex and esoteric concepts.
Anytime man. If you are ever looking for anything, let me know. I'm always willing to help