SpiderFoot Alternatives

SpiderFoot is described as 'Automates OSINT to find everything possible about your target. It integrates with just about every data source available and utilises a range of methods for data analysis, making that data easy to navigate' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to SpiderFoot for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Windows, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best SpiderFoot alternative is Web Check, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SpiderFoot are Maltego, OSINT-tool, urlscan.io and Blackbird OSINT.

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  1. Web Check icon
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    Get an insight into the inner-workings of a given website: uncover potential attack vectors, analyse server architecture, view security configurations, and learn what technologies a site is using.

    13 Web Check alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Web Check is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to SpiderFoot.

    • Web Check is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SpiderFoot.

    • Web Check is Free and Open SourceSpiderFoot is also Free and Open Source
    • Web Check is Privacy focused and Security-focusedSpiderFoot is not according to our users
  2. Maltego icon
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    Maltego is an open source intelligence and forensics application. It will offer you timous mining and gathering of information as well as the representation of this information in a easy to understand format.

    23 Maltego alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Maltego is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to SpiderFoot.

    • Maltego is Free Personal and ProprietarySpiderFoot is Free and Open Source
  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.

    24 OSINT-tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Online
     
    • OSINT-tool is the most popular commercial alternative to SpiderFoot.

    • OSINT-tool is Paid and ProprietarySpiderFoot is Free and Open Source
  4. urlscan.io icon
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    urlscan.io is a free service to scan and analyse websites. When a URL is submitted to urlscan.io, an automated process will browse to the URL like a regular user and record the activity that this page navigation creates.

    72 urlscan.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  5. Blackbird OSINT icon
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    Blackbird is a robust OSINT tool that facilitates rapid searches for user accounts by username or email across a wide array of platforms, enhancing digital investigations. It features WhatsMyName integration, export options in PDF, CSV, and HTTP response formats, and...

    16 Blackbird OSINT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  6. ANY.RUN icon
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    ANY.RUN is interactive sandbox simplifies malware analysis of threats that target both Windows and Linux systems. ANY.RUN's threat intelligence products, TI Lookup, Yara Search and Feeds, help you find IOCs or files to learn more about the threats and respond to incidents faster.

    35 ANY.RUN alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Sherlock icon
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    Sherlock, a powerful command line tool provided by Sherlock Project, can be used to find usernames across many social networks. It requires Python 3.6 or higher and works on MacOS, Linux and Windows.

    14 Sherlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. PhoneInfoga icon
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    PhoneInfoga is one of the most advanced tools to scan phone numbers using only free resources. The goal is to first gather standard information such as country, area, carrier and line type on any international phone numbers with a very good accuracy.

    19 PhoneInfoga alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Who is peeking over your shoulder while you work, watch videos, learn, explore, and shop on the internet? Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site—and who’s getting your data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  10. Noimosiny icon
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    An OSINT investigation platform with 100+ modules for reverse email, phone number, and username lookups, plus a free interactive graph to visualize and explore connections.

    6 Noimosiny alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    theHarvester is a very simple, yet effective tool designed to be used in the early stages of a penetration test. Use it for open source intelligence gathering and helping to determine a company's external threat landscape on the internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. sn0int icon
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    sn0int is a semi-automatic OSINT framework and package manager. It was built for IT security professionals and bug hunters to gather intelligence about a given target or about yourself. sn0int is enumerating attack surface by semi-automatically processing public information and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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