OSINT TOOLS

OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) Tools give regular people the power to operate as their own private intelligence agencies. Below is a small compilation of some awesome free OSINT Tools:

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  1. Anonymity Tools
  2. Geopolitical Data
  3. Photo Analysis
  4. Photo Editing
  5. Video Editing
  6. Monitoring Tools
  7. Reading Tools
  8. Translation Tools
  9. Transport Trackers
  10. Infrastructure
  11. Environmental Tools
  12. Satellite Maps
  13. Web Tools

Anonymity Tools

Fake ID Generator

Generate fake name, location, birthday, phone, job, financials

Fake Email Generator

Track money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy

Random Face Generator

AI generated fake person photos: man, woman or child.

Opera Browser

Quality Web Browser with FREE VPN built-in

Protonmail

Free Encrypted Email Service with optional self-destructing emails

The Onion Router (TOR)

Free Browser needed to access the "Dark Web"

VirtualBox

Free Hypervisor for OS virtualization (run Windows on Mac, Linux on PC)

Advanced Tomato

Custom firmware for routers that allows users to cycle MAC address

**Tools to help political dissidents circumvent social media censorship.**

Geopolitical Data

USA Facts

Facts about the US, from population statistics to government spending

OpenSecrets

Track money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy

Terrorism Database

Information on terrorist events around the world

Live UA Map

Timeline of news and zones of control in conflict / civil unrest areas, globally

Google Patents Library

Searchable Library of patents and patent applications

World Bank Data Catalog

Data from the World Bank's finances and energy data platforms

Corporate Annual Reports

Up-To-Date annual reports from global corporations

Historic Newspapers

Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present

Photo Analysis

Image Verification

analyse the veracity of online media

Reverse Image Search

obtain higher resolution images or find an image source

Facial Recognition AI

Look people up using a only picture of their face

Image Forensics Tool

Helps detect photoshopped images

Photo Editing

Photopea

Free online version of Photoshop

Magic Eraser Tool

Easily remove things you don't want from photos

Background Remover

Remove backgrounds 100% automatically in 5 seconds with one click

Upscaler Tool

Enlarge Images up to 8x and sharpen the blurriness

Video Editing

Background Remover

AI Background Remover for creators without a green-screen

Video Editor

Web-Based Video editor for content creators

Video Transcriber

Transcribe videos into text transcripts

Watermark Remover

Ai Watermark/Logo remover for videos

Monitoring Tools

Google News

news aggregator service

Google Alerts

Content change detection and notification service

Google Trends

Analyzes the popularity of top search engine queries across various regions & times

Website Change Detector

Automatically monitor changes to any website

Reading Tools

PDF Drive

Free PDF copies of almost any book

12 Foot Ladder

Bypass Paywalls to read news articles for free

Print Friendly

Bypass paywalls and generate printable copy of articles

OCR Tool

Detect Letters and convert PDFs to searchable documents

Translation Tools

Google Translate

Language Translation Tool

Urban Dictionary

Crowdsourced online dictionary for slang words and phrases

Barcode Reader

free online tool you can decode various barcode formats

Code Explainer

AI Tool that can explain any code to you in plain english

Transport Trackers

Flight Radar

Live flight radar tracker

VesselFinder

Live ship & marine vessel tracker

OpenRailways

Detailed online map of the world's railways

Infrastructure

Open Infrastructure Map

Maps of electrical lines, gas pipes, telecoms, and water lines

Global Sea Map

Sea map of borders, special zones, shipping lanes, with overlays of Marine Traffic.

GeoHints

Overview of different traffic lights, utility poles, bollards etc on Google Streetview

Environmental Tools

Global Forest Watch

Helps detect changes in forest cover (i.e., to track deforestation).

Biodiversity Watch

Biodiversity hotspots, including birds and tigers

Global Fire Watch

Map plotting the locations of forest fires over time

Global Fishing Watch

Tracks fishing vessels & fleets

Wind & Particulate Map

Real-time global wind and ocean currents

Global Protected Areas

Terrestrial and marine protected areas

Environmental Justice Atlas

Map of environmental-related conflict globally.

River Runner Global

Tracks rainfall path from any location to the ocean

Satellite Maps

Google Maps

Live flight radar tracker

Google Earth

Live ship & marine vessel tracker

Google Sky

Detailed online map of the world's railways

Sentinel Hub Playground

Explore Sentinel 2/Landsat images

Wayback Satellite

Live ship & marine vessel tracker

Shadow Map

Global map of 3D buildings & shadows they cast at a specific time a day

Web Tools

IP Tracer

Trace the location of IP addresses

WHOIS

Crowdsourced online dictionary for slang words and phrases

Web Archive

Lookup and view deleted webpages

Network Tools

Network research tools

Website Analyzer

find all the issues related to SEO, Site Speed, Web Traffic & more

BackLink Checker

Enter a website and see what other sites link to it

BuiltWith

See what tools were used to build a webpage

HaveIBeenPwnd

Check if your email or phone is in a data breach