🧰 14 Free Open-Source Tools — OSINT Recon, Debloat, Uptime Monitor, Anti-Detect Browser

14 open-source tools. All free, all verified live today — :star: stars and last-commit dates included so you can see what’s actually maintained.

:bullseye: Only want one?Maigret for OSINT · Hackingtool for pentesting · Uptime Kuma for monitoring. The rest are situational.


:detective: Username → every account they own

:warning: These 4 overlap heavily. Start with Maigret; reach for the others only when it misses.

Maigret · :star: 37.1k · Aug 2026 — the default. 3,000+ sites incl. .onion. Doesn’t just check existence — parses bios, photos, links, then recursively hunts the new usernames it finds. HTML/PDF reports, no API keys.

GoSearch · :star: 3.6k · Aug 2026 — 300+ sites, Go-fast, fewer false positives. Its edge: also checks breach dumps — HudsonRock, ProxyNova (3.2B), BreachDirectory (18B).

Blackbird · :star: 7.9k · :warning: Jul 2025 — 600+ platforms, AI risk-scores each hit, bulk input from file, PDF/CSV out.

Helix · :star: 25 · :warning: Jun 2026 — zero false positives by design: validates through real APIs (Reddit, GitHub, Bluesky) instead of trusting a 200. Handles Cloudflare/WAF, outputs a D3.js connection graph. --permutations tests name variants.


:robot: AI does the investigating

Robin · :star: 6.6k · Aug 2026 — dark-web OSINT. LLM refines your queries, filters results, writes the summary.

OpenOSINT · :star: 1.5k · Aug 2026 — terminal agent that picks its own tools and order. Feed it an email/domain/IP/phone → structured Markdown report. 10 modules, HIBP + EXIF + dorks + WHOIS built in. Runs fully offline on Ollama.

DeepDive · :star: 17 · :warning: Apr 2026 — builds a 3D entity graph (people/companies/money/places) and keeps expanding it. Timeline + Sankey money-flow views, exports to Obsidian. Ask it “who else got paid by this company?”


:package: Whole arsenals, one command

Hackingtool · :star: 79.2k · Aug 2026 — 185+ security tools, 20 categories, one menu. Shows what’s installed, installs from the menu, auto-detects your package manager. Describe a task (“scan a network”) and it suggests the tool.

Awesome OSINT Arsenal · :star: 2.6k · Aug 2026 — 100+ tools across SOCMINT, GEOINT, dark web, forensics. One-command installer for the lot.


:desktop_computer: Set up / clean up your machine

Linutil · :star: 5.2k · Aug 2026 — Chris Titus’ Rust TUI. Fresh-Linux setup without Googling commands: apps, dev env, gaming/server tuning. Works across Ubuntu/Arch/Fedora, picks the right command per distro. TOML config automates a full rebuild.

Bloatynosy · :star: 5.6k · :warning: Jan 2025 — one-click Windows debloat. Strips UWP junk (Xbox, Candy Crush…), kills telemetry, ad IDs, Cortana, cloud clipboard — no registry or PowerShell.


:satellite_antenna: Monitoring

Uptime Kuma · :star: 90.7k · Aug 2026 — self-hosted uptime for HTTP/TCP/Ping/DNS. 80+ notify integrations, public status page, one Docker command. Runs on a Pi.


:down_arrow: Downloader

youtube-dl-wpf · :star: 1.4k · Aug 2026 — clean Windows GUI over yt-dlp. Clips → full movies, playlists, podcasts. Pick quality/format, batch in parallel. No ads, no signup.


:globe_with_meridians: Anti-detect browser

CloakBrowser · :star: 30.9k · Aug 2026 — Chromium with 49 patches in the C++ source, not JS injections. Masks canvas, WebGL, audio, fonts, GPU, WebRTC, timing. Drop-in for Playwright/Puppeteer, humanize=True for natural input. MIT.

:warning: Their “30/30 detection tests passed” and “reCAPTCHA v3 scores 0.9” are the project’s own claims — unverified by anyone else.


📸 Screenshots — see the interfaces before you install (10)

Maigret — profile parsing + recursive discovery

Blackbird — 600+ platform sweep with AI risk scores

Helix — API-validated hits, D3.js connection graph

Robin — LLM-driven dark-web search

OpenOSINT — terminal agent picking its own tools

Hackingtool — 185+ tools in one menu

Awesome OSINT Arsenal — the 100+ tool catalogue

Linutil — the setup TUI

CloakBrowser — fingerprint masking in action

youtube-dl-wpf — the yt-dlp GUI

🔧 Maintenance check — 4 of these aren't actively updated

Stars show who turned up. Last commit shows who stayed.

Tool :star: Last commit Verdict
Blackbird 7.9k Jul 2025 1yr+ stale — works, no fixes coming
Bloatynosy 5.6k Jan 2025 19mo stale — newer Windows builds risk breaking it
DeepDive 17 Apr 2026 Tiny — experimental
Helix 25 Jun 2026 Tiny — experimental

The other 10 were all pushed within the last few weeks.

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