OSINT tools directory

Capture supported public-platform data while browsing

Best for: Creating an inspectable sample of content that a researcher can lawfully view in a supported browser.

Command-line inspection of C2PA manifests

Best for: Repeatable provenance inspection of permitted media files when a browser-only check is insufficient.

Inspect embedded content provenance and credential information

Best for: Checking whether a media file carries supported content credentials and what they say about its declared history.

Open-source browser crawling and extraction for structured research

Best for: Building a local, configurable collector when analysts need more control over extraction and storage.

Parse documents into structured text and tables

Best for: Preparing PDFs and other document collections for search, comparison or extraction without relying only on copy-and-paste.

Search and retrieve web content for research pipelines

Best for: Programmatic discovery of relevant public pages for a documented, repeatable research workflow.

Convert public web pages into structured research inputs

Best for: Collecting readable page content or structured fields from permitted sources at a controlled scale.

AI-assisted location hypotheses from public scene imagery

Best for: Generating candidate areas for a public-interest image-verification task when environmental clues are difficult to interpret.

Web search and extraction for AI-assisted research applications

Best for: Adding scoped web discovery and extraction to an automated research assistant.

Explore and publish searchable SQLite datasets

Best for: Sharing structured investigation records with reproducible queries and a browsable evidence interface.

Search, annotate and publish source documents

Best for: Document-led reporting that needs public document discovery, passages readers can inspect and an organized publication surface.

Source-grounded AI assistance for a bounded document collection

Best for: Exploring a curated research corpus, comparing source passages and identifying questions for human verification.

Explore and visualize networks of documented relationships

Best for: Examining ownership, co-appearance or hyperlink networks after entities and edges have been checked.

Local Markdown notes for connected research

Best for: Building a case notebook with source-linked claims, timelines, entities and unresolved questions.

Manual transcription with linked audio timestamps

Best for: Careful transcription of an interview, public recording or short evidential clip.

AI-assisted web research with linked sources

Best for: Finding candidate sources and framing research questions before consulting original records.

Extract tables from text-based PDF documents

Best for: Moving procurement, finance or registry tables from a selectable-text PDF into a spreadsheet for verification.

Organize sources, citations and research collections

Best for: Maintaining a reusable bibliography and source library across a long investigation or editorial series.