OSINT4ALL tool directory
OSINT tools directory
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OpenAlex
Open scholarly works, authors, institutions, and funders graph
Best for: Scholarly-publication context, author and institution disambiguation, funder and topic pivots, citation trails, and research-claim triage.
OpenAlex
Open scholarly works, authors, institutions, and funders graph
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World Resources Institute
Forest monitoring, satellite alerts, and environmental geospatial data
Best for: Environmental OSINT, deforestation monitoring, forest-change alerts, land-use context, and public-interest geospatial research.
Global Forest Watch
Forest monitoring, satellite alerts, and environmental geospatial data
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ACLED
Political violence and protest event data for public-interest research
Best for: Structured conflict, protest, political-violence, crisis, actor, and event-context research for journalism, civil society, and regional analysis.
ACLED
Political violence and protest event data for public-interest research
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Common investigation lanes
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Domain / DNS
Domain, host, certificate, IP, and website footprint checks.
Threat triage
Suspicious URLs, files, IPs, breach signals, and reputation checks.
Company research
Registries, filings, public records, and corporate footprint checks.
People & social
Handles, people, public topics, mentions, and media narratives.
Maps / geolocation
Place names, imagery, satellite, map, and sunlight checks.
Archives
Preserve pages, recover deleted sources, and document timelines.
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