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Beginner Tools

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-c...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...mber-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-...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/ThreatPin...p?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...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/Cus...ch-Engines

Coeus OSINT Toolbox (OSINT Platform OF Multiple Gathering Tools)
https://github.com/AnonCatalyst/Coeus-OSINT-ToolBox
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
(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.
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.
(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


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