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toolkit
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JavaScript
•117•672•28•0•Updated Oct 5, 2026Oct 5, 2026
bcat-discord-bot
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bcat-discord-bot
Python
•0•5•0•0•Updated Oct 5, 2026Oct 5, 2026
auto-archiver
Public
Automatically archive links to videos, images, and social media content from Google Sheets (and more).
python docker service
python docker service scraping archive web-archiving open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•113•1.1k•9•3•Updated Sep 10, 2026Sep 10, 2026
octosuite
Public
Terminal-based toolkit for GitHub data analysis.
data-analysis github-osint github-data
data-analysis github-osint github-data
Python
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MIT License
•159•1.9k•0•0•Updated Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026
ShadowFinder
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Find possible locations of shadows around the world
python command-line notebook
python command-line notebook geolocation open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•53•618•7•5•Updated Sep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026
auto-archiver-api
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API to manage users/sheets/URLs and call the auto-archiver in dedicated workers.
celery web-archiving digital-preservation
celery web-archiving digital-preservation fastapi
Python
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MIT License
•2•14•6•0•Updated Sep 1, 2026Sep 1, 2026
open-source-research-notebooks
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Jupyter notebooks helping open source researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers use command line tools and code projects for digital investigations.
python notebook open-source-research
python notebook open-source-research
Jupyter Notebook
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MIT License
•32•333•2•0•Updated Sep 1, 2026Sep 1, 2026
ukraine-timemap
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TimeMap instance for Civilian Harm in Ukraine
javascript docker service
javascript docker service ukraine timemap civilian-harm open-source-research
JavaScript
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Other
•47•295•0•0•Updated Aug 18, 2026Aug 18, 2026
telegram-phone-number-checker
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Check if phone numbers are connected to Telegram accounts.
python telegram command-line
python telegram command-line phone-number open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•293•1.8k•1•1•Updated Aug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026
ais-imagery-search
Public
Search Sentinel and Landsat imagery using ship tracking data
python satellite-imagery open-source-research
python satellite-imagery open-source-research
JavaScript
•1•6•0•0•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026
umbra-open-data-tracker
Public
Monitor the Umbra open data catalogue and provide a KML file for finding coverage
python kml synthetic-aperture-radar
python kml synthetic-aperture-radar open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•2•35•0•0•Updated Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026
open-questions
Public archive
Archived repository of difficult, long-term projects that could be valuable to open source investigators at Bellingcat and around the world.
contributions-welcome open-source-research
contributions-welcome open-source-research
Jupyter Notebook
•17•364•0•0•Updated Jul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026
challenge-framework
Public archive
Archived page for self-running a statically-hosted challenge page
vuetify contributions-welcome
vuetify contributions-welcome
Vue
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MIT License
•4•6•0•0•Updated Jul 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026
geoclustering
Public
Command-line tool for clustering geolocations 📍
python command-line clustering
python command-line clustering geolocation open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•8•46•0•0•Updated Jul 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026
osm-search
Public
A user friendly way to search OpenStreetMap data for features in proximity to each other.
javascript python gui
javascript python gui vue service open-street-map open-source-research
Vue
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MIT License
•14•212•9•2•Updated Jul 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026
name-variant-search
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A tool for searching common variations of a human name
javascript website generator
javascript website generator alias open-source-research
JavaScript
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MIT License
•7•54•2•0•Updated Jun 25, 2026Jun 25, 2026
adsb-history
Public
Collect and query ADS-B data to find aircraft and trends based on geographic region(s), altitude, bearing, aircraft type and more.
osint aircraft ads-b
osint aircraft ads-b flight-tracking
Vue
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MIT License
•19•93•1•5•Updated May 25, 2026May 25, 2026
iran-conflict-damage-proxy-map
Public
open-source-research investigation-analysis
open-source-research investigation-analysis
JavaScript
•0•8•0•0•Updated Apr 7, 2026Apr 7, 2026
auto-archiver-setup-tool
Public
A front-end application for Bellingcat's Auto Archiver API
Vue
•4•13•2•0•Updated Mar 3, 2026Mar 3, 2026
telegram-group-joiner
Public
Online tool to automatically join public/private telegram groups.
javascript website telegram
javascript website telegram telegram-api tdlib open-source-research
JavaScript
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MIT License
•13•65•2•0•Updated Mar 2, 2026Mar 2, 2026
uniform-timezone
Public
Extension to standardize dates and times to the same timezone across social media websites.
javascript chrome-extension converter
javascript chrome-extension converter timezone open-source-research
JavaScript
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MIT License
•8•34•5•0•Updated Mar 2, 2026Mar 2, 2026
sugartrail
Public
Visualise networks of companies, officers and addresses connected through UK Companies House
python candy openstreetmap
python candy openstreetmap visualisation companies-house network-analysis voila open-source-research
HTML
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MIT License
•12•79•5•1•Updated Feb 21, 2026Feb 21, 2026
RS4OSINT
Public
Guide to Remote Sensing for OSINT
guide open-source-research
guide open-source-research
TeX
•11•50•5•0•Updated Jan 7, 2026Jan 7, 2026
CouncilSearcher
Public
Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.
docker vue democracy
docker vue democracy fastapi open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•3•17•6•1•Updated Jan 7, 2026Jan 7, 2026
filename-finder
Public archive
DEPRECATED Chrome extension that displays filenames for images uploaded to Google by users (in maps, reviews, etc)
javascript chrome-extension metadata
javascript chrome-extension metadata open-source-research
JavaScript
•2•9•0•0•Updated Jan 6, 2026Jan 6, 2026
ColourHighlighter
Public
Use WebGL to apply colour filters (LUTs) to screen shares for geolocation and other research tasks.
TypeScript
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MIT License
•0•5•0•0•Updated Nov 7, 2025Nov 7, 2025
EDGAR
Public
Tool for the retrieval of corporate and financial data from the SEC
python command-line financial-data
python command-line financial-data securities-and-exchange-commission open-source-research
Python
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GNU General Public License v3.0
•27•216•3•3•Updated May 15, 2025May 15, 2025
vk-url-scraper
Public
Scrape VK URLs to fetch info and media - python API or command line tool.
python scraper command-line
python scraper command-line vk media-downloader open-source-research
Python
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MIT License
•10•54•1•0•Updated May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
auto-archiver-extension
Public
archiving browser-extension
archiving browser-extension
Vue
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MIT License
•0•3•0•0•Updated Feb 14, 2025Feb 14, 2025
youtube-comment-scraper
Public archive
A script to scrape youtube comments and checks whether a user commented on all of the given videos
python scraper youtube
python scraper youtube command-line comments open-source-research
Python
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GNU General Public License v3.0
•4•28•0•0•Updated Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025

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