Recon-ng Alternatives

Recon-ng is described as 'Full-featured reconnaissance framework designed with the goal of providing a powerful environment to conduct open source web-based reconnaissance quickly and thoroughly' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are nine alternatives to Recon-ng for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac and Google Chrome apps. The best Recon-ng alternative is Blackbird OSINT, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Recon-ng are SpiderFoot, OSINT-tool, Prying Deep and PhantomCollect.

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  1. Blackbird OSINT icon
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    Combines username and email searches on over 600 platforms with AI-powered analysis, metadata extraction, WhatsMyName integration, customizable filters, PDF/CSV/HTTP exports, and a dedicated CLI for streamlined OSINT, social media research, compliance, and data collection.

    16 Blackbird OSINT alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  2. SpiderFoot icon
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    Automates open source intelligence by collecting, analyzing, and correlating data from diverse sources, offering web and command-line interfaces, modular plugins, detailed reports, data export, platform flexibility, and support for advanced integrations.

    26 SpiderFoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. OSINT-tool icon
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    OSINT tool is a browser extension and web application built for researchers, investigators, journalists and intelligence analysts. Our extension gives you access to a suite of OSINT utilities directly on any webpage you visit.

    25 OSINT-tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Online
     
  4. PhantomCollect is a lightweight, stealth-oriented framework for ethical web data collection and browser fingerprinting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Osintgram icon
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    Osintgram is a OSINT tool on Instagram. It offers an interactive shell to perform analysis on Instagram account of any users by its nickname.

    14 Osintgram alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. This is the repository for the LinkScope Client Online Investigation software. LinkScope allows you to perform online investigations by representing information as discrete pieces of data, called Entities.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. OSINT Researcher is a fast, login-free app that lets you discover and analyze all public GitHub repositories within any organization to support OSINT, security audits, recruiting, and collaboration scouting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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