Research Tools

Research Tools

Research Repositories and Toolkits

• Bellingcat toolkit - Bellingcat toolkit that stays updated.
• Intelx Search Tools – Useful for finding personal data, historical records, and more.
• Inteltechniques Search Tools – Specializes in people searches and social media data.
• Intelx Google Dork Knowledge Management – Resource for understanding and using Google Dorks in OSINT research.
• STARTME OSINT Collection – Comprehensive OSINT tool collection for researchers.
• OSINT Tool Collection – Various tools for different OSINT purposes.
• Flashpoint Tools Library – Curated OSINT tools and techniques

Community Projects

• Google Scraper – Scrape and organize Google search results efficiently.
• Research Tools – A hub for various research repositories.
• Pulse Query Generator – Generates queries for advanced data searches and analysis.

Search Platforms

• NewsData.io API and Dashboard to get news from any country in chronological order. The dashboard works without a login.
• ThreatMapper – Runtime Threat Management and Attack Path Enumeration for Cloud Native environments.
• SearXNG (community instance | public instance) SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine aggregating results from up to 211 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearXNG can be used over Tor to maintain online anonymity.

Scraping

Cobalt Tools is used to download images and videos from many videos, social media, and other platforms using the web interface.

Satellite and Geolocation Tools

• Digisat Satellite Coverage Maps – Provides coverage maps for commercial satellite providers.
• GEO SPY – AI tool used to estimate the location of where a picture was taken.
• ARCGIS – Free version of ARCGIS, useful for making charts, maps, and geographical analysis.

Services Worth Paying

Face Search

• PimEyes – Advanced facial recognition search engine for finding images and data inaccessible through regular searches.