150+ Top Sourcing / #OSINT Tools

Here is a list of tools and resources for all things sourcing and #OSINT. Most of them are easy-to-use and make our lives more convenient, productive, and creative.

Last updated: July 11, 2022

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SocialList.io ❤❤ – find and export lists of public Social Profiles precisely matching your requirements (no need for Boolean). Monthly subscription, one-week trial

Organize Extensions in Chrome

Extensity

Media-Related

Google Advanced Image Search (use for the “face” and “photo” options)
Reverse Image Search on Yandex
Search by Image (Google, Bing, Yandex & others)
Searchbyimage.app
Pimeyes – reverse image search with face recognition; scary good ($)
Youtube Metadata
To download a YouTube video, remove the “ube” within the URL

Scroll and open

Autopagerize ❤
ScrollToBottom
LinkClump – open multiple URLs

Web Content

Writing

Grammarly ❤
Idea Generator

Writing job posts

Textio (subscription)
Jobint
Gender Decoder

Scraping, Parsing, Filtering, and Sorting

Outwit Docs – an application; download files from a search
Outwit Hub – an application ($). It parses and collects data on web pages with lists of similar entries (but get a fast computer)
Julia’s Online Email Extractor ❤❤ – paste text in the box, extract email addresses (for PDFs)
Julia’s EmailExtractor ❤❤ – Chrome Extension – collect email addresses from all the pages you visit
Instant Data Scraper ❤ by Webrobots.io – does a great job out-of-the-box
Data Miner – scraper with a visual UI
PhantomBuster – scrapers for LinkedIn and Facebook, automation scripts (low volume is free)
ScrapeStorm – downloadable, configurable scraping app (low volume is free)
Linked Helper – automation tool; works as a scraper (trial, subscription)
Dux-Soup – automation tool; works as a scraper (subscription)
SQL query generator – get detailed info on StackOverflow users

Social Lookup & Contact Info

- Clearbit – professional data enrichment
- GlossaryTech – highlights and explains technical terms on a resume
- OctoHR – shows the programming languages for a user on Github
- Intelligence_X OSINT Tools
- Google’s Mobile-friendly page test – allows you to see public LinkedIn pages in incognito
- Hunter – has a database of email addresses found on the web (and it tells us where)
- phonebook.cz – get long random lists of emails at companies
- EmailOnGithub– ❤ – what it says
- SeekOut – for upload and cross-referencing

SalesQL ❤ – LinkedIn or X-Ray (my favorite contact finder!)
ContactOut – LinkedIn (2nd best for me)
RocketReach – various
scraypa.com – LinkedIn; generous trial
Skype_to_email, Email_to_skype
scylla.sh – leaked accounts
Truepeoplesearch ❤ – phone numbers
Epieos Email and Phone Lookup ❤
US Voters
HowManyOfMe (US)
Reddit Search

Contact Verification

- Spydialer – verify phone numbers
- carrierlookup.com (one free search per day)
- freecarrierlookup.com
- Caller ID database: opencnam.com (worldwide)
- Caller ID database: phonevalidator.com (US)