mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchEvery day I write about #osint (open source intelligence) tools and techniques. Also a little bit about forensics, hacking, and cybersecurity.
Free Linkedin Profile Viewer
A free tool for viewing key information from a LinkedIn profile without logging in. You can view links from search results or try searching for a profile by username or first name and surname.
https://www.outx.ai/all-tools/linkedin-profile-viewer
Tip by Mario Santella
Can I Run
A free online tool that helps you determine which AI models you can run locally on your computer.
Or, conversely, choose a computer capable of running specific AI models.
Username & Social Media OSINT
List of #python and online tools to find accounts, profiles, and digital footprints across hundreds of platforms.
OSINTCon 30-31 May 2026
There are now less than two months to go until the third free online OSINT conference, OSINTCon by OsintAmbition
But there is still time to buy a ticket or apply to speak.
OSINT Jobs Taxonomy
7 verticals
56 career areas
Built from thousands of real job descriptions and expert in-house research.
https://www.osint-jobs.com/osint-careers
By OsintJobs
Open Source Intelligence (#OSINT): Extracting Information from Threads
Step #1: Google Dorks for Threads
Step #2: Unauthenticated Access
Step #3: Profile Intelligence
Step #4: The GraphQL API Layer
https://hackers-arise.com/open-source-intelligence-osint-extracting-information-from-threads/
By _aircorridor three_cube
SharedTrace
#Python tool for getting additional info by shared link (usernames, avatars, IDs etc).
Support TikTok, Instagram, Discord, ChatGPT, Perplexity and other platforms.
Reddit: An In-Depth Guide to Searching and Monitoring
Reddit’s Structure
Reddit without an Account
Searching Reddit Posts and Comments
Reddit Advanced Search
Third Party Tools
Monitoring Trends and Events
AI and Reddit
https://www.osintcombine.com/post/reddit-an-in-depth-guide-to-searching-and-monitoring
By Jemma Ward
OSINT Cabal
Catalogue of Tools & Resources
Methods & Guides database
OSINT & Cybersecurity News Feed
Cabal Threat Actor Dashboard
BlueSky Viewer
Free online tool for viewing BlueSky profiles without registration (profile info, posts, likes, follows).
Self-Hosted Apps and Alternatives
A comprehensive online directory (including a newsletter) of self-hosted applications that can serve as an alternative to popular cloud services. To search for open-source projects, use the licence type filter.
ThreatNexus
APT Intelligence free online tool:
12 Social Media Search Engines in 2026
Octolens
Social Searcher
Brand24
Mention
Hootsuite
Talkwalker
SearchAll
Social Search Engine
Boardreader
Twitter/X Advanced Search
Reddit Search (+ Redditle)
Google Site Search + Google Alerts
https://octolens.com/blog/search-engines-for-social-media
By LottiSchmitt
Fact-Check Database
932 debunked images from fact-checkers worldwide (Reuters, Snopes, PolitiFact, AFP, BOOM Live, Lead Stories, Full Fact and 100+ others)
Search by description, person, place and event.
https://imagewhisperer.org/factcheck-db/
Creator Henk Van Ess
17M+ WORLDWIDE government documents search tool
Wayback machine collection by Jason Scott @textfiles@digipres.club
SPAIN OSINT
Investigation Strategy for Spain
Spain OSINT Tools & Techniques
Corporate Intelligence
Property Intelligence
Procurement Intelligence
Legal Intelligence
DNI / NIE OSINT
Spain Geo-OSINT
Spain OSINT Website Database
https://medium.com/the-first-digit/osint-spain-5a2c557a92e6
By Snooptsz
Telegram OSINT (part of OSINT Master Toolkit by zhetikal77)
Guides
Tools lists
Search engines
Channels directories
SOCMINT GOOGLE DORKS
A list of advanced Google search queries for finding information on various social media platforms
https://osintcabal.org/pdfs/GOOGLEDORKDATABASE.txt
By OsintCabal
AI OSINT Google* Dorks
Exposed AI Conversations & Credentials
Exposed AI Dashboards
AI Config & Credential Files
https://github.com/7WaySecurity/ai_osint#-google-dorks
* also try DuckDuckGo and other search engines
Data Breach & Leak Search Engines
Check if credentials, emails, or phones have been exposed in data breaches.
https://github.com/rawfilejson/awesome-osint-arsenal#9-data-breach--leak-search-engines
OnionClaw
Gives AI agents full access to the Tor network and .onion hidden service:
Search up to 18 dark web search engines
Fetch any .onion or clearnet URL through Tor
LLM OSINT analysis of scraped content
ShareTrace (online version)
Tool by Henk Van Ess
Displays information about the user on various platforms who shared the link (TikTok, Pinterest, Claue, Discord, Telegram, SharePoint, Susbtack, Suno, Perplexity)
https://share.whopostedwhat.com/
Based on Soxoj Github repo https://github.com/soxoj/sharetrace
Claude skills for journalism
Verification hooks
Editorial workflow hooks
Core journalism skills
Communications and publishing
Design and production
Writing quality
Academic and research
AI and creative tools
STALKIE
A tool for searching for social media accounts by username. Stalkie assigns a rating to pages based on a confidence score (the number of times the username is mentioned on the page and other parameters)
https://github.com/ashendilantha/stalkie
Creator Ashen Dilantha
