A TraceLabs endorsed list of awesome OSINT frameworks, libraries and software.
Note that there are great OSINT tools out there, but this list consists of tools that apply specifically to missing-persons searches.
Please take a quick gander at the contributing guidelines first. Thanks to all contributors; you rock!
If you see a package or project here that is no longer maintained or is not a good fit, please submit a pull request to improve this file. Thank you!
Tools for performing email searches via social media, breach info and other sources
- Buster - An advanced tool for email reconnaissance
Tools that perform searches over a number of different sources including social media, domain and IP, Phone Numbers, etc
- Maltego - Maltego focuses on providing a library of transforms for discovery of data from open sources, and visualizing that information in a graph format, suitable for link analysis and data mining
- Spiderfoot - SpiderFoot automates the collection of OSINT to find everything possible about a target
Tools for performing username and profile searches on popular social media platforms
- Sherlock - Command line tool to search usernames across social networks