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OSINT4ALL tool directory
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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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ACLED
Political violence and protest event data for public-interest research
Verification: Pending Verification
Workflow: Analysis, Discovery
Pricing: Free
Best for: Structured conflict, protest, political-violence, crisis, actor, and event-context research for journalism, civil society, and regional analysis.
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ACLED
Political violence and protest event data for public-interest research
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Chainabuse
Public crypto scam and suspicious-address reporting database
Verification: Pending Verification
Workflow: Discovery, Triage
Pricing: Free
Best for: Checking whether wallets, domains, scam narratives, or crypto abuse indicators have public reports or related community warnings.
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Chainabuse
Public crypto scam and suspicious-address reporting database
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Pulsedive
Community threat-intelligence search and indicator enrichment
Verification: Pending Verification
Workflow: Triage, Verification
Pricing: Freemium
Best for: Enriching domains, IPs, URLs, and indicators with reputation, community threat-intelligence context, and linked observables during triage.
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Pulsedive
Community threat-intelligence search and indicator enrichment
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Etherscan
Ethereum blockchain explorer for public wallet and transaction research
Verification: Pending Verification
Workflow: Discovery, Verification
Pricing: Free
Best for: Checking Ethereum addresses, transactions, token contracts, wallet activity, labels, and public on-chain evidence before deeper crypto investigation.
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Etherscan
Ethereum blockchain explorer for public wallet and transaction research
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OpenSky Network
Open ADS-B flight tracking and aviation data network
Verification: Pending Verification
Workflow: Discovery, Verification
Pricing: Free
Best for: Public-interest flight tracking, aircraft movement context, aviation event reconstruction, and open ADS-B research with safety safeguards.
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OpenSky Network
Open ADS-B flight tracking and aviation data network
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MapChecking
Crowd-size estimation from mapped areas
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Reporting
Pricing: Free
Best for: Use it when a protest, rally, queue, or public gathering claim needs transparent crowd-size estimation caveats.
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MapChecking
Crowd-size estimation from mapped areas
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SunCalc
Sun and shadow checks for visual verification
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Verification
Pricing: Free
Best for: Sunlight, shadow, time-of-day, and geolocation support when a known or suspected location can be tested.
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SunCalc
Sun and shadow checks for visual verification
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Free Law Project
Public U.S. legal opinions and docket context
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Discovery
Pricing: Free
Best for: U.S. legal, litigation, party, docket, court-opinion, and public-record context during due diligence or journalism.
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CourtListener
Public U.S. legal opinions and docket context
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Open Ownership
Archived Open Ownership Register context and beneficial-ownership resources
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Enrichment
Pricing: Free
Best for: Understanding legacy Open Ownership Register references and routing beneficial-ownership research toward current country, standards, and source-record context.
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OpenOwnership Register
Archived Open Ownership Register context and beneficial-ownership resources
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OpenRefine
Open-source data cleaning and reconciliation
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Verification
Pricing: Free
Best for: Use it when OSINT work has moved from search into messy spreadsheets, entity lists, names, addresses, or identifiers…
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OpenRefine
Open-source data cleaning and reconciliation
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Ahrefs
Backlink and search visibility research
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Enrichment
Pricing: Paid
Best for: Backlink analysis, referring-domain research, search visibility, competing-page review, content gaps, and link-pattern investigation.
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Ahrefs
Backlink and search visibility research
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UK Government
Primary UK company registry and filing search
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Verification
Pricing: Free
Best for: Primary UK company identity, company-number, officer, filing, status, charge, and document checks.
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Companies House
Primary UK company registry and filing search
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Primary U.S. securities filings and company disclosures
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Verification
Pricing: Free
Best for: Primary U.S. public-company, fund, executive, ownership, and securities filing evidence.
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SEC EDGAR
Primary U.S. securities filings and company disclosures
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Brandwatch
Consumer research and social intelligence
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Monitoring
Pricing: Enterprise
Best for: Use it when a campaign, brand, issue, or public conversation needs deeper enterprise social analysis.
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Brandwatch
Consumer research and social intelligence
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Meltwater
Media intelligence and social monitoring
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Monitoring
Pricing: Enterprise
Best for: Use it when PR, reputation, media-monitoring, or issue-tracking workflows need enterprise coverage and reporting.
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Meltwater
Media intelligence and social monitoring
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Semrush
SEO and competitor visibility intelligence
Verification: Verification status not listed
Workflow: Enrichment
Pricing: Paid
Best for: Search visibility, keyword research, backlink context, SERP review, paid-search clues, and competitor content analysis.
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Semrush
SEO and competitor visibility intelligence
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