# Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit

## Production

- [Home](/toolkit/pages.md): A toolkit for open source researchers
- [New Tools](/toolkit/new-tools.md): These tools were added to the toolkit within the last four weeks.
- [Maps & Satellites](/toolkit/categories/maps-and-satellites.md)
- [Maps](/toolkit/categories/maps-and-satellites/maps.md)
- [Satellite Imagery](/toolkit/categories/maps-and-satellites/satellite-imagery.md)
- [Street View](/toolkit/categories/maps-and-satellites/street-view.md)
- [Geolocation](/toolkit/categories/geolocation.md)
- [Image/Video](/toolkit/categories/image-video.md)
- [Reverse Image Search](/toolkit/categories/image-video/reverse-image-search.md)
- [Facial Recognition](/toolkit/categories/image-video/facial-recognition.md)
- [Metadata](/toolkit/categories/image-video/metadata.md)
- [Misc](/toolkit/categories/image-video/image-misc.md)
- [Social Media](/toolkit/categories/social-media.md): Tools for one or more social media platforms
- [Facebook](/toolkit/categories/social-media/facebook.md)
- [Instagram](/toolkit/categories/social-media/instagram.md)
- [Telegram](/toolkit/categories/social-media/telegram.md)
- [Tiktok](/toolkit/categories/social-media/tiktok.md)
- [Twitter/X](/toolkit/categories/social-media/twitter.md)
- [Youtube](/toolkit/categories/social-media/youtube.md)
- [Other Platforms](/toolkit/categories/social-media/other-platforms.md): Tools for other platforms including Bluesky, Discord, Linkedin, Reddit, and Vkontakte.
- [Multiple Platforms](/toolkit/categories/social-media/multiple-platforms.md)
- [People](/toolkit/categories/people.md)
- [Websites](/toolkit/categories/websites.md)
- [Companies & Finance](/toolkit/categories/companies-and-finance.md)
- [Conflict](/toolkit/categories/conflict.md)
- [Transport](/toolkit/categories/transport.md)
- [Environment & Wildlife](/toolkit/categories/environment-and-wildlife.md)
- [Archiving](/toolkit/categories/archiving.md)
- [Data Organization & Analysis](/toolkit/categories/data.md)
- [Guides & Handbooks](/toolkit/resources/guides-and-handbooks.md)
- [Newsletters & Toolkits](/toolkit/resources/newsletters-and-toolkits.md)
- [Stay Safe](/toolkit/resources/stay-safe.md): Online security and privacy
- [All Tools](/toolkit/more/all-tools.md)
- [4plebs](/toolkit/more/all-tools/4plebs.md): Searchable archive of specific 4chan boards that makes it possible to read threads after they are purged from 4chan.
- [527 Explorer](/toolkit/more/all-tools/527-explorer.md): ProPublica's 527 Explorer is a database that allows users to examine the finances of organizations known as 527s in the United States, which can raise unlimited sums for political purposes.
- [About Maps and Satellites](/toolkit/more/all-tools/about-maps-and-satellites.md): A guide to using map and satellite tools.
- [ACLED](/toolkit/more/all-tools/acled.md): ACLED provides data and analysis on political violence and protest around the world, facilitating research, policy making, and journalistic reporting.
- [AllTrails](/toolkit/more/all-tools/alltrails.md): AllTrails.com is a tool for discovering hiking, biking, and running trails worldwide, providing detailed trail maps, user reviews, and navigation support for outdoor enthusiasts.
- [Apollo Mapping](/toolkit/more/all-tools/apollo-mapping.md): Image Hunter is a search engine for finding and purchasing commercial satellite imagery (including Planet, Airbus, Maxar, and many Chinese satellite companies) without a subscription.
- [Apple Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/apple-maps.md): Apple Maps is a digital mapping service with detailed, interactive maps, satellite imagery, and location-based information.
- [Archive.today](/toolkit/more/all-tools/archive.today.md): Archive any webpage, including Facebook and search for archived pages.
- [Atlos](/toolkit/more/all-tools/atlos.md): ATLOS is a platform for collaborative and large-scale open source investigations.
- [Auto Archiver](/toolkit/more/all-tools/auto-archiver.md): Bellingcat's tool to automatically archive social media posts, videos, and images. Free and Open-Source.
- [AutoStitch](/toolkit/more/all-tools/autostitch.md): Autostitch is a free tool for seamlessly combining multiple photos into a single panoramic image, making it ideal for creating wide-angle photography without needing specialized equipment.
- [Azure AI Video Indexer](/toolkit/more/all-tools/azure-ai-video-indexer.md): AI video tool for facial detection and other types of insights.
- [Baidu Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/baidu-maps.md): A mapping application provided by Chinese technology company Baidu Inc.
- [Bellingcat OpenStreetMap Search](/toolkit/more/all-tools/openstreetmap-search-tool.md): A user interface to search OpenStreetMap data for features in proximity to each other.
- [Bing Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/bing-maps.md): Bing Maps is a web mapping service provided by Microsoft that offers detailed geographical information and tools for route planning, location search, and satellite imagery.
- [Blackbird](/toolkit/more/all-tools/blackbird.md): Check usernames and email addresses on websites and social networks
- [Blender](/toolkit/more/all-tools/blender.md): Blender is an open-source 3D creation suite supporting the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, and motion tracking, even video editing.
- [Bluesky Insights](/toolkit/more/all-tools/bluesky-insights.md): Bluesky Insights is a free web-based analytics tool for the Bluesky social network.
- [BskyFollowFinder/Bluesky network analyzer](/toolkit/more/all-tools/bluesky-network-analyzer.md): A tool that identifies which Bluesky accounts are followed by a profile’s contacts but not by that profile. Can be used for expanding networks and social graph analysis.
- [BskyThreadReader](/toolkit/more/all-tools/bskythreadreader.md): BskyThreadReader is a web-based Bluesky thread viewer that allows anyone to read and share Bluesky threads without logging in.
- [Bulletpicker.com](/toolkit/more/all-tools/bulletpicker.com.md): Bulletpicker.com is a collection of ammunition guidebooks and manuals from several different armed forces.
- [CAT UXO](/toolkit/more/all-tools/cat-uxo.md): A repository for professionals working in the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) space.
- [China-related resources](/toolkit/more/all-tools/china-related-resources.md): Resources for research on companies in China.
- [Chronotrains](/toolkit/more/all-tools/chronotrains.md): Chronotrains is a free interactive map designed to explore the reach of Europe’s extensive rail network. Enter a starting point and travel time to see reachable destinations by train.
- [CITES Trade Database](/toolkit/more/all-tools/cites-trade-database.md): Around 23 million records of trade in wildlife since 1975.
- [Companies House](/toolkit/more/all-tools/companies-house.md): Search companies and individuals in the United Kingdom.
- [Convert Geographic Units](/toolkit/more/all-tools/convert-geographic-units.md): A tool that converts various geographic coordinates to support diverse mapping and spatial analysis needs.
- [Datawrapper](/toolkit/more/all-tools/datawrapper.md): A tool for creating interactive charts, maps, and tables from your data, offering a user-friendly interface for visualizing information.
- [DeHashed](/toolkit/more/all-tools/dehashed.md): A platform that maintains a database of compromised credentials, with a newly-launched web domain registration search tool.
- [Discord Chat Exporter](/toolkit/more/all-tools/discord-chat-exporter.md): A tool for exporting Discord chat logs in multiple formats.
- [DiscordLeaks](/toolkit/more/all-tools/discordleaks.md): Search hundreds of thousands of messages leaked from 290+ white-supremacist / nazi discord servers.
- [Distill.io](/toolkit/more/all-tools/distill.md): Distill.io is a website change monitoring tool that allows users to track changes on web pages.
- [DomainTools Whois Lookup](/toolkit/more/all-tools/domaintools-whois-lookup.md): DomainTools Whois provides detailed domain name registration information, and can be used to investigate details about domains or IP addresses.
- [Earth Explorer](/toolkit/more/all-tools/earth-explorer.md): "Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products"
- [Earth Online](/toolkit/more/all-tools/earth-online.md): The ESA's Earth Online product offers a portal for accessing satellite imagery and environmental data, supporting a range of applications from climate monitoring to natural disaster assessment.
- [EDGAR Suite](/toolkit/more/all-tools/edgar-suite.md): Tool for the retrieval of corporate and financial data from SEC's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) database.
- [EDGAR](/toolkit/more/all-tools/edgar.md): Database of corporate filings for the US
- [EIA Global Environmental Crime Tracker](/toolkit/more/all-tools/eia-global-environmental-crime-tracker.md): Map/tracking of environmental crimes including trade in ivory, rhino, big cats, and other exotic animals.
- [Environmental Justice Atlas](/toolkit/more/all-tools/environmental-justice-atlas.md): Maps environmental conflicts around the world to provide information about who is involved, their impact and other information.
- [Equasis](/toolkit/more/all-tools/equasis.md): Equasis provides vessel ownership and safety records, as well as shipping company fleet information.
- [Etherscan](/toolkit/more/all-tools/etherscan.md): An explorer that allows researchers to track wallets, transactions and more on the Ethereum blockchain.
- [EU consolidated corporate registers](/toolkit/more/all-tools/eu-consolidated-corporate-registers.md): Consolidated company registers covering most of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
- [EU Sanctions Map](/toolkit/more/all-tools/eu-sanctions-map.md): Database of sanctions imposed by the European Union
- [ExifTool](/toolkit/more/all-tools/exiftool.md): ExifTool is a command-line application for reading, writing, and editing meta information in files.
- [F4Map](/toolkit/more/all-tools/f4map.md): F4Map is an interactive 3D map visualization tool that provides detailed rendering of urban landscapes and geographical features.
- [Face Comparison by ToolPie](/toolkit/more/all-tools/face-comparison-toolpie.md): Compares two human face photos to determine similarity.
- [FaceCheck.ID](/toolkit/more/all-tools/facecheck.id.md): A facial recognition search engine that tries to find photos of people that look similar to a person of interest.
- [FlightAware](/toolkit/more/all-tools/flightaware.md): FlightAware is a global flight-tracking platform that provides real-time data on aircraft movements. It offers live tracking, historical data, and predictive analytics via its website and apps.
- [Flightradar24](/toolkit/more/all-tools/flightradar24.md): Flightradar24, a real-time flight tracking service, that provides comprehensive information about aircraft positions, flight numbers, routes, historical data, detailed aircraft specifications.
- [Forensically](/toolkit/more/all-tools/forensically.md): A collection of web-based image forensics tools. Can identify fake or doctored images.
- [Gaode Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/gaode-maps.md): Gaode Maps (also known as AMap) is a mapping application and technology from the Chinese company Alibaba.
- [Geo Data Tool](/toolkit/more/all-tools/geo-data-tool.md): IP geolocation service to identify the location and other technical information associated to IP addresses.
- [GeoHints](/toolkit/more/all-tools/geohints.md): GeoHints is a website that provides information about things like traffic lights, utility poles, bollards etc. for different regions of the world to help geolocate a location.
- [Gephi](/toolkit/more/all-tools/gephi.md): Open-source network analysis and visualization software
- [Ghunt](/toolkit/more/all-tools/ghunt.md): A command line tool for obtaining information about Google accounts.
- [Global Fishing Watch Map](/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-fishing-watch-map.md): The Global Fishing Watch Map is a digital platform for investigating fishing activities worldwide by utilising satellite and AIS data.
- [Global Forest Watch](/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-forest-watch.md): Explore tree cover loss and gain data, recent deforestation and fire alerts, land use designations, carbon emissions, biodiversity metrics and more.
- [Global Monitoring System - ECOSOLVE](/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-monitoring-system.md): Illicit online wildlife markets data from Brazil, South Africa and Thailand.
- [Global Suppliers Online](/toolkit/more/all-tools/global-suppliers-online.md): A site dedicated to connect suppliers and buyers of goods from all over the world.
- [Google Earth Engine](/toolkit/more/all-tools/google-earth-engine.md): Google Earth Engine is a platform for environmental monitoring and analysis through satellite imagery and geospatial data.
- [Google Earth Pro](/toolkit/more/all-tools/google-earth-pro.md): Google Earth is a geospatial tool that provides detailed, global satellite imagery, maps, 3D terrain models, and the ability to explore geographic data interactively.
- [Google Flood Hub](/toolkit/more/all-tools/google-flood-hub.md): A visual tool to monitor river levels and forecast floods based on AI models developed by Google Research.
- [Google Lens](/toolkit/more/all-tools/google-lens.md): Google Lens is an image recognition tool which can be used to identify locations or objects in photographs.
- [Google Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/google-maps.md): Google Maps provides mapping information, satellite imagery and Google Street View imagery including historical Street View images.
- [GovMap](/toolkit/more/all-tools/govmap.md): GovMap provides an interactive map of Israel, offering users a wide range of data including property boundaries, planning information, and infrastructure details.
- [GPSJam](/toolkit/more/all-tools/gpsjam.md): GPSJam.org is a daily map that visualizes the GPS/GNSS disruptions on aircraft worldwide. It collects and presents 24-hour data showing areas experiencing interference.
- [Have I Been Pwned](/toolkit/more/all-tools/have-i-been-pwned.md): Does an email or a phone number appear in data breaches?
- [Hitta.se](/toolkit/more/all-tools/hitta.se.md): Hitta.se is a comprehensive Swedish search engine and map that provides detailed information and contact details for businesses and individuals across Sweden.
- [Hoaxy](/toolkit/more/all-tools/hoaxy.md): Hoaxy is a web-based search and visualization tool. It helps visualize the spread of information on Bluesky and X (Twitter).
- [Hugin](/toolkit/more/all-tools/hugin.md): Hugin is a free and open-source panorama photo stitching and HDR (High Dynamic Range imaging) merging software that helps users create seamless panoramic images from multiple photographs.
- [Hunchly](/toolkit/more/all-tools/hunchly.md): An archiving tool that tracks online activities and preserves essential information about the web pages researchers visit.
- [ICANN Lookup](/toolkit/more/all-tools/icann-lookup.md): This tool allows you to search for the current registration data of internet domain names.
- [ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database](/toolkit/more/all-tools/icij-offshore-leaks-database.md): A database providing otherwise secret information about more than 810k offshore companies, foundations, and trusts based on leaks like the Panama Papers or the Paradise Papers.
- [IDN Checker](/toolkit/more/all-tools/idn-checker.md): IDN Checker detects visually similar versions of a domain.
- [ImportGenius](/toolkit/more/all-tools/importgenius.md): Commercial supplier of trade data for 23 countries. Paid service but journalists can ask for free access.
- [ImportYeti](/toolkit/more/all-tools/importyeti.md): Search US customs inbound sea shipment records, find company suppliers.
- [Index Database](/toolkit/more/all-tools/index-database.md): A database of remote sensing indices and satellite imaging sensors
- [Instagram Location Search](/toolkit/more/all-tools/instagram-location-search.md): A command line tool that allows users to find location tags near a specified latitude and longitude.
- [InstaLoader](/toolkit/more/all-tools/instaloader.md): Download pictures or videos (with metadata) from Instagram.
- [Instant Data Scraper](/toolkit/more/all-tools/instant-data-scraper.md): Browser extension for simple web scraping, with table output.
- [Intelx.io](/toolkit/more/all-tools/intelx.io.md): Find user details in data breaches
- [InVID](/toolkit/more/all-tools/invid.md): A toolkit that supports the verification of videos and images.
- [KartaView](/toolkit/more/all-tools/kartaview.md): KartaView is a crowdsourced platform for street view imagery.
- [Leak-Lookup](/toolkit/more/all-tools/leak-lookup.md): An online tool that allows you to search across public data breaches to surface credentials that may have been compromised.
- [License Plate Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/license-plate-maps.md): Collection of tools and maps for discerning license plates by country
- [LinkdTime](/toolkit/more/all-tools/linkdtime.md): Build a clean timeline of any LinkedIn activity from a single URL or a whole list of links.
- [LittleSis](/toolkit/more/all-tools/littlesis.md): Connects dots between influential / wealthy individuals in (mostly US) politics and business.
- [Liveuamap](/toolkit/more/all-tools/liveuamap.md): LiveUAMap is a mapping tool that provides up-to-date information on global geopolitical events, conflicts, and crises.
- [Locust Hub](/toolkit/more/all-tools/locust-hub.md): A repository for desert locust data with maps and other resources for tracking movements, early detection and planning locust control interventions.
- [Logseq](/toolkit/more/all-tools/logseq.md): Logseq is an open-source knowledge management tool that enables users to organize their notes, tasks, and projects.
- [Lumen](/toolkit/more/all-tools/lumen.md): A research project collecting and publishing legal takedown notices for online content transparency
- [Maigret](/toolkit/more/all-tools/maigret.md): Maigret is a Python script that retrieves user information by searching for usernames across various websites and social media platforms.
- [Maltego Graph](/toolkit/more/all-tools/maltego.md): Maltego Graph is an investigation platform that combines two things at once: (1) It acts as a search tool, and (2) It creates a graph establishing links between data you uncover from your search.
- [MapChecking](/toolkit/more/all-tools/mapchecking.md): This tool helps you estimate and fact-check the maximum number of people standing in a given area.
- [Mapillary](/toolkit/more/all-tools/mapillary.md): Mapillary is a crowdsourced street-level imagery platform.
- [MapSwitcher](/toolkit/more/all-tools/mapswitcher.md): Chrome extension switches  between online map apps, maintaining (as far as possible) the map centre, zoom level, & directions of the source map.
- [MarineTraffic](/toolkit/more/all-tools/marinetraffic.md): An open, community-based project, providing (near) real-time information on the movements of ships and their locations in harbours and ports.
- [Merlin](/toolkit/more/all-tools/merlin.md): Identify birds (visually), through an app.
- [Meta Content Library](/toolkit/more/all-tools/meta-content-library.md): Meta Content Library is a controlled-access tool that lets approved academic and non-profit researchers search the full public archive of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads posts, in near-real-time.
- [MW Geofind](/toolkit/more/all-tools/mw-geofind.md): MW Geofind is a tool for finding geotagged YouTube videos.
- [Name Variant Search](/toolkit/more/all-tools/name-variant-search.md): Simple tool to help search for different ways of writing a name.
- [Namechk](/toolkit/more/all-tools/namechk.md): A username and domain search tool that checks on which platforms or domain a given username is registered.
- [NASA Firms](/toolkit/more/all-tools/nasa-firms.md): Displays a world map overlaid with infra-red data from one or more satellites, some, but not all of which may represent heat from fires and explosions.
- [NASA Worldview](/toolkit/more/all-tools/nasa-worldview.md): NASA Worldview is an online tool for visualizing and downloading near real-time satellite imagery and scientific data of Earth's atmosphere, land, and oceans.
- [Navtex](/toolkit/more/all-tools/navtex.md): A historical database providing vital navigational and meteorological warnings, forecasts, and urgent maritime safety information to ships.
- [NeutrOSINT](/toolkit/more/all-tools/neutrosint.md): A tool for investigating Proton Mail addresses.
- [North Data](/toolkit/more/all-tools/north-data.md): Search for people and companies in EU corporate and trade registers + visualize relationships
- [Obsidian](/toolkit/more/all-tools/obsidian.md): A knowledge management and note-taking app with extensive customization options.
- [OCCRP Aleph](/toolkit/more/all-tools/occrp-aleph.md): Aleph offers a way to research sanctions lists, corporate registries, leaks, and more
- [Open Measures](/toolkit/more/all-tools/open-measures.md): Open Measures helps open source researchers investigate harmful online activity such as extremism and disinformation.
- [Open Ownership](/toolkit/more/all-tools/open-ownership.md): Links to beneficial ownership registers.
- [Open Source Munitions Portal](/toolkit/more/all-tools/open-source-munitions-portal.md): A searchable library of verified images for researchers, journalists, and practitioners trying to learn more about munitions and their use and impact in conflict.
- [OpenCorporates](/toolkit/more/all-tools/opencorporates.md): Comprehensive repository of company registries around the world
- [OpenSanctions](/toolkit/more/all-tools/opensanctions.md): Open-source international database of sanctions data, persons of interest and politically exposed persons.
- [OpenSecrets](/toolkit/more/all-tools/opensecrets.md): Data on campaign finance, lobbying, and spending in U.S. politics
- [OrbTrack](/toolkit/more/all-tools/orbtrack.md): Predicts & describes the position & path of >10K satellites in Earth orbit, relative to points on the earth's surface input by the user, for 5 days ahead, + International Space Station video feed.
- [Osint Tools Map](/toolkit/more/all-tools/osint-tools-map.md): An interactive worldwide map, showcasing business registries, court records, and other publicly available information to aid OSINT investigations and research.
- [Overpass Turbo](/toolkit/more/all-tools/overpass-turbo.md): Overpass Turbo is a web-based tool for querying and visualizing OpenStreetMap crowd sourced data, aiding in extracting specific information like locations of amenities e.g.hospitals.
- [PeakVisor](/toolkit/more/all-tools/peakvisor.md): Dual window views for any global location: (1) a 2-D map & (2) a 3-D rendered terrain model, with photo fitting, shade/slope mapping, sun trails & weather data. In active development for OS research.
- [PimEyes](/toolkit/more/all-tools/pimeyes.md): An AI-powered facial recognition reverse image search tool.
- [Pinpoint](/toolkit/more/all-tools/pinpoint.md): A tool by Google to catalogue uploaded documents and files, providing OCR, indexing, and other services. Full access only granted to journalists, academic researchers and university students.
- [PixPlot](/toolkit/more/all-tools/pixplot.md): PixPlot is a tool that utilizes machine learning and WebGL to provide an interactive visualization of large image collections, allowing users to explore patterns and outliers within image datasets.
- [Planet Labs](/toolkit/more/all-tools/planet-labs.md): Planet Labs PBC is an American optical satellite imagery company that sells access to imagery.
- [Police Records Access Project](/toolkit/more/all-tools/police-records-access-project.md): A database providing searchable access to California law enforcement records including police use-of-force incidents, shootings, and misconduct cases.
- [PublicWWW](/toolkit/more/all-tools/publicwww.md): PublicWWW is a source code search engine that allows you to search for any alphanumeric snippet, signature, or keyword within the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS code of millions of web pages.
- [QGIS](/toolkit/more/all-tools/qgis.md): QGIS is a free Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS).
- [Quick geolocation search](/toolkit/more/all-tools/quick-geolocation-search.md): A tool that brings several maps into one place for easy location search.
- [Radar Interference Tracker](/toolkit/more/all-tools/radar-interference-tracker.md): Bellingcat's radar interference tracker can be used to locate and monitor active military radar systems.
- [RAMMB SLIDER](/toolkit/more/all-tools/rammb-slider.md): Real-time weather satellites of the entire globe
- [RAWGraphs](/toolkit/more/all-tools/rawgraphs.md): RAWGraphs is an open-source data visualization tool designed for non-technical users, enabling the creation of customizable, editable charts without coding skills.
- [RootAbout](/toolkit/more/all-tools/rootabout.md): RootAbout is a reverse image search tool that pulls indexed images from the Internet Archive.
- [RuPEP](/toolkit/more/all-tools/rupep.md): Online database of politically exposed persons in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
- [SanctionsExplorer](/toolkit/more/all-tools/sanctionsexplorer.md): A comprehensive database of current and historical OFAC/UN/EU sanctions
- [satellites.pro](/toolkit/more/all-tools/satellites.pro.md): Satellites.pro allows open source researchers to quickly switch between several free satellite imagery and mapping services.
- [Search by Image](/toolkit/more/all-tools/search-by-image.md): A browser extension to reverse search an image on multiple search engines.
- [Search4Faces](/toolkit/more/all-tools/search4faces.md): Upload the picture of a face and find pictures of similar looking people on VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, TikTok and Clubhouse.
- [Sentinel Hub Playground](/toolkit/more/all-tools/sentinal-hub-playground.md): A free web-based platform for viewing, analyzing, and downloading satellite imagery from the European Space Agency's Sentinel missions, with data updated every 5-10 days.
- [ShadeMap](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shademap.md): ShadeMap is a global simulation of mountain, building & tree shadows for a given date & time. Base data is free, but users can buy 30cm accurate data per sq km for areas of special focus.
- [Shadow Finder](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shadow-finder.md): To analyse shadows in source imagery, Shadow Finder maps all points on the earth where a shadow of given length could occur at a given date & time, IF the height of the object casting it is known.
- [ShadowMap](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shadowmap.md): Tilting global map of 3D buildlings and the shadows they cast at a specific time of the day, but date fixed at "today" in free version. Paid versions allow date change and offer 3D models.
- [Sherlock](/toolkit/more/all-tools/sherlock.md): Check usernames across more than 400 websites and social networks.
- [ShipFinder](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shipfinder.md): ShipFinder is an application designed to track vessels in near real-time across the globe.
- [Skopenow](/toolkit/more/all-tools/skopenow.md): Social Media Investigations - name, phone, email, username searches
- [SkyFi](/toolkit/more/all-tools/skyfi.md): SkyFi is used to purchase commercial satellite imagery and task (order the collection of images) satellites without a subscription.
- [Snap Map](/toolkit/more/all-tools/snap-map.md): Searchable map of geotagged snaps.
- [Species+](/toolkit/more/all-tools/species+.md): Centralized website with vulnerable species information.
- [Strava](/toolkit/more/all-tools/strava.md): Social media fitness app with exercise map based on users' GPS data.
- [Suncalc](/toolkit/more/all-tools/suncalc.md): Suncalc models the relationship between the date, time of day, the geographic location of a place, and the position of the sun in the sky, together with the length & direction of the shadows it casts.
- [Telegago](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telegago.md): Telegago is a Google Custom Search Engine tailored for searching public Telegram content for OSINT purposes.
- [Telegram Group Joiner](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telegram-group-joiner.md): Automate joining multiple Telegram groups and channels, ideal for researchers monitoring specific topics.
- [Telegram Phone Number Checker](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telegram-phone-number-checker.md): Command line tool for checking if phone numbers are connected to Telegram accounts and retrieving related information where available.
- [TelegramDB](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telegramdb.md): TelegramDB is a searchable database service that allows users to explore public Telegram groups and channels via a dedicated bot.
- [Telemetrio](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telemetrio.md): Telemetr.io offers a range of Telegram-related services based on a catalog of Telegram channels: country and category-specific rankings, curated collections, real-time event tracking, and an API.
- [Telemetry](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telemetry.md): An analytical search tool for Telegram groups and channels.
- [Telepathy](/toolkit/more/all-tools/telepathy.md): Telepathy is a versatile Telegram toolkit for OSINT analysts, enabling chat archiving, memberlist gathering, user location lookup, top poster analysis, message mapping, and more.
- [Tencent Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/tencent-maps.md): Tencent Maps is a mapping service provided by the Chinese technology company Tencent. Tencent Maps provides maps, satellite imagery, and street view.
- [TGStat](/toolkit/more/all-tools/tgstat.md): TGStat is a web-based analytics tool for Telegram that monitors active channels and provides profile analytics and statistics. It tracks channel subscribers’ growth rate, reach, and citation index.
- [The Information Laundromat](/toolkit/more/all-tools/the-information-laundromat.md): A tool for analyzing content replication and site architecture to detect information laundering.
- [TinEye](/toolkit/more/all-tools/tineye.md): TinEye is a search engine that allows the user to search using images (reverse image search).
- [TrueCaller](/toolkit/more/all-tools/truecaller.md): Truecaller is a caller ID app that identifies incoming calls, blocks unwanted numbers, and gathers phone numbers and names from contact lists. It also performs a reverse phone number search.
- [TruffleHog](/toolkit/more/all-tools/trufflehog.md): Find leaked credentials.
- [Twitter Advanced Search](/toolkit/more/all-tools/twitter-advanced-search.md): Twitter/X Advanced Search is X's own tool to help users find more precise information on the platform by filtering posts according to criteria such as location, user, date or popularity.
- [Twitter Location Search](/toolkit/more/all-tools/twitter-location-search.md): Discover real-time conversations and trends in any area with X's built-in location search. Search by latitude and longitude coordinates or distance for targeted local content.
- [Twitter Video Downloader](/toolkit/more/all-tools/twitter-video-downloader.md): Download videos from X (formerly Twitter) by converting tweet URLs into downloadable video links.
- [Umbra Space](/toolkit/more/all-tools/umbra-space.md): Umbra is an American synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imaging company that sells on-demand taskings for satellite imagery.
- [UN Comtrade Database](/toolkit/more/all-tools/un-comtrade-database.md): United Nations free database of global trade.
- [UNOSAT Analyses](/toolkit/more/all-tools/unosat-analyses.md): UNOSAT Analyses is a tool that maps humanitarian emergencies across the globe utilising United Nations Satellite Centre data.
- [Uwazi](/toolkit/more/all-tools/uwazi.md): Uwazi is an open-source platform that simplifies the management of document collections, particularly for human rights documentation in the justice and advocacy fields.
- [VesselFinder](/toolkit/more/all-tools/vesselfinder.md): Live marine vessel tracker
- [Wayback Machine](/toolkit/more/all-tools/internet-archive.md): The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine lets users view and archive web pages, aiding in historical research and digital preservation.
- [Web Archives](/toolkit/more/all-tools/web-archives.md): A browser extension to view archived and cached versions of a website on multiple archiving sites.
- [What CMS](/toolkit/more/all-tools/what-cms.md): A tool that you can use to identify the technologies used to power a website.
- [what3words](/toolkit/more/all-tools/what3words.md): A proprietary geocode system which identifies any location on the surface of the earth to a resolution of 3 metres. The identifier is a unique combination of three words, available in 60 languagues.
- [WhatsMyName](/toolkit/more/all-tools/whats-my-name.md): Search for usernames on several hundred platforms
- [Who posted what?](/toolkit/more/all-tools/who-posted-what.md): A tool that allows a keyword search on Facebook on a specific date or within a specific time frame.
- [Whoxy](/toolkit/more/all-tools/whoxy.md): Whoxy is a domain search engine or "whois lookup" tool to find (the history of) registration information on a domain, such as the registrar, the status of the domain and the date of registration.
- [Wikimapia](/toolkit/more/all-tools/wikimapia.md): Wikimapia was a long-running collaborative mapping project that remains partially accessible, providing open source researchers with a unique database of historical, user-generated content.
- [Wikipedia list of registers](/toolkit/more/all-tools/wikipedia-list-of-registers.md): Wikipedia list of official business registers around the world.
- [WildEye](/toolkit/more/all-tools/wildeye.md): Tracking tool for data on environmental and wildlife crime cases, including court cases and convictions, across the globe.
- [Wildlife Trade Portal](/toolkit/more/all-tools/wildlife-trade-portal.md): An open-source tool to search wildlife seizure data worldwide.
- [World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas](/toolkit/more/all-tools/world-database-protected-areas.md): A comprehensive global database on terrestrial and marine protected areas.
- [xIFr](/toolkit/more/all-tools/xifr.md): A Firefox add-on for extracting EXIF metadata by right-clicking an image.
- [Yandex Maps](/toolkit/more/all-tools/yandex-maps.md): A platform offering detailed maps, satellite imagery, street views (static & sometimes dynamic imagery, including aerial views). Often the best available data on Russia & surrounding regions.
- [Zeeschuimer](/toolkit/more/all-tools/zeeschuimer.md): Zeeschuimer is a browser extension for collecting social media posts that are visible in your web browser, enabling systematic analysis of content from platforms that are hard to scrape via APIs.
- [Zotero](/toolkit/more/all-tools/zotero.md): A tool for collecting, organizing, annotating, citing, and sharing research sources.