Awesome Browser Extensions for OSINT

A collection of awesome browser extension useful for OSINT along with their use case.

Authors

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Documentation

1. What are Browser Extensions

2. How to install browser extension

3. Browser Extensions for OSINT

4. Points to keep in mind

5. FAQs

What are Browser Extensions?

These are the programs that can be installed on a browser that can modify your experience or add functionality to the browser. These are created with the help of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.

How to install browser extensions

The below int the method for installing browser extensions in Chorme.

Open Chrome web store website using the given link 
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions

Or
                         
If you know the name/ link of the Chrome extension, proceed to 3 directly.

Find the extension which you want to install using the search box or manually.

Click on “Add to Chrome”, once the popup shows click on “Add extension” and the download will start automatically in a few seconds.

Click on the extension icon in the top right corner  above  Google account profile icon and check if the download successfully

The process is similar for all other browsers, also you can google for step by step tutorial.

Video Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekXS3y_s8k8

Browser Extensions for OSINT

Chrome Extension -

Name		Description
Vortimo OSINT-tool		Helps in getting more information about name, phone number, email, and many more.
Hunchly 2.0		Helps in capture and organize online data for your investigations.
Selection Search		Helps you in searching for the selected text in multiple search engines
Email Tracker		Helps you in finding out if your email has been read
Geotrack Email Tracking with Geolocation		Helps you in Email tracking with geolocation right in Gmail, with real-time statistics
Gotanda		Helpful for searching OSINT information from some IOC in web page.(IP,Domain,URL,SNS...etc)
Map Switcher		Helpful in switching between different map services with a single click
Magnifying Glass		Helpful in viewing a zoomed image within its radius, without disturbing the rest of the page.
EXIF Viewer Pro		Helpful in quickly accessing exif data of any image you view.
Fake news debunker by InVID & WeVerify		Helpful for journalists, fact-checkers and human right defenders in fact-checking and debunking tasks on social networks.
TinEye Reverse Image Search		Helpful in reverse image search and other features offered by Tineye
Search by Image		Helpful in reverse image search with support for various search engines, such as Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu and TinEye.
PhotOSINT		Helpful in scanning images for exif metadata while browsing
Distill		Extension allows you to passively monitor changes on social pages.
Visualping		A simple service for monitoring websites for changes.
Fetcher		Extension fetches from your favourite websites, and combines them into one
FireShot		Allows you to quickly take a screenshot of a web page in full screen mode.
Nimbus Screenshot & Screen Video Recorder		Helpful for taking screenshots and video recording web pages.
Go Back in Time		Allows you to view an archived version of a web page.
The Wayback Machine		Extension of the Internet Archive
Web Cache Viewer		lets you right-click on any link or page to view the Wayback Machine or Google Cache versions of that page.
Blockchain.info		Helps to find info on bitcoin address.
Blockchair		Block explorer and anonymous crypto portfolio tracker for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others in your browser.
Breadcrumbs Blockchain Investigate		Investigation tool to get more details on any Ethereum address’s activity.
Instant Data Scraper		An automatic data scraping tool for any website.
Data Scraper		Extracts data out of HTML web pages and imports it into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
Email extract		Helps in finding email addresses on the pages you visit.
Hunter		Extension to find an email address on any website with one click.
MEGA		Excellent file hosting service and a fairly secure messenger all rolled into one.
OSIRIS		Extension for IoC reputation analysis.
Sputnik		Extension to quickly and easily search for IP addresses, domains, file hashes and URLs using free resources.
IP Address and Domain Information		The module displays detailed information about the current website.
Shodan		This plugin tells you where the website is hosted (country, city), who owns the IP and what other services/ ports are open.
Pulsedive Threat Intelligence		Free analyst-centric threat intelligence platform that offers comprehensive.
Mitaka		Extension for searching IP, domain, URL, hash, etc. via the context menu.
CrowdScrape		Plugin designed to allow you to be able to scrape indicators from various websites and in-browser documents such as PDF reports.
ZoomEye Tools		Plugin tells you where the website is hosted (country, city), who owns the IP and what other services/ ports are open.
FOFA Pro View		Plugin tells you where the website is hosted (country, city), who owns the IP and what other services/ ports are open.
NoScript		Allows you to run JavaScript, Flash, Java and other executable content only from trusted domains of your choice.
HTTPS Everywhere		Encrypts your communication with many major websites, making your web surfing more secure.
Vytal		Extension that changes your location to match your VPN.
Vulners Web Scanner		Vulnerability scanner based on the vulners.com vulnerability database.
User-Agent Switcher and Manager		Extension replaces the User-Agent on websites, which allows you to fake the digital fingerprint of the researcher’s device, pretending to be a smartphone or iPad.
ClearURLs		Application for stripping tracking tags from URLs.
uBlock Origin		Best app for blocking ads and trackers on the internet today.
AdNauseam		An ad blocker.
Extensity		Quickly enable/disable Google Chrome extensions.
Extension Manager		Google Chrome extensions manager.
BuiltWith Technology Profiler		Lets you find out what a website is built with by a simple click.
Email extract		searches email addresses on pages you visit.
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker		Block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites.
Hunter - Email Finder Extension		Find email addresses from anywhere on the web, with just one click.
Instant Data Scraper		Instant Data Scraper extracts data from web pages and exports it as Excel or CSV files
IP Address and Domain Information		See detailed information about every IP Address, Domain Name and Provider.
Mitaka		extension for searching IP, domain, URL, hash, etc. via the context menu.
Save to Pocket		The easiest, fastest way to capture articles, videos, and more.
Simplescraper — a fast and free web scraper		Scrape website data and table data in seconds
Sputnik		quickly and easily search IPs, Domains, File Hashes, and URLs
Unpaywall		for accessing articles that are available elsewhere for free.
Wappalyzer		Helpful in identifying technologies on websites.
Scan WP - WordPress Theme and Plugin Detector		Detects what theme and plugins are used in the Wordpress website
Fake Profile Detector (Deepfake, GAN)		Detects if that image contains a GAN generated or real person!
Screenshot YouTube		Take a screenshot of any YouTube video with one click.
Canvas Fingerprint Defender		Lets you easily hide your real canvas fingerprint by reporting a random fake value.
Chaff		Generate random web browsing traffic to obfuscate actual browsing behavior to avoid profiling through 3rd party observation.
ClearURLs		Automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy when browse through the Internet.
Location Guard		Hide your geographic location from websites.
Decentraleyes		Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery.
Netcraft Extension		Provides comprehensive site information and protection from phishing and malicious JavaScript when browsing the web
Image Downloader - Save photos and pictures		Find, choose and download images you need from any web pages or select all to bulk image download.
L.O.C		collection of tools to help Facebook users with a downloading content and analysis.
Return YouTube Comment Username		Replaces the "handle" in the YouTube comments section to user name
TikNote: Video Downloader and Saver		Download TikTok™ videos without watermark.
TT Downloader		Download Tik tok Videos and Mass Downloads
Video Downloader Plus		The fastest and easiest way to download any video from any website.
Uniform Timezone Extension		Brings standardization to social media posts' dates and times.
Linkclump		Lets you open, copy or bookmark multiple links at the same time.
OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer		Reveals structured metadata (Microdata, RDFa, JSON-LD, Turtle, etc.) embedded within HTML documents.
Link Gopher		Extracts all links from web page, sorts them, removes duplicates, and displays them in a new tab for copy and paste into other systems.
Page Monitor		Stays in the background and monitors web pages for changes.
Pulsedive Threat Intelligence		Highlight IPs, domains, and URLs on any website to enrich them using Pulsedive's free threat intelligence data set.
Save Page WE		Save a complete web page (as curently displayed) as a single HTML file that can be opened in any browser.
ThreatPinch Lookup		Add threat intelligence hover tool tips. IPv4, MD5, SHA2, CVE, FQDN or add your own ThreatIntel IOC. Use any REST API.
Web Archives		View archived and cached versions of web pages on 10+ search engines, such as the Wayback Machine, Archive.is and Google.
Nimbus Screenshot & Screen Video Recorder		Screen Capture FULL Web page or any part. Edit screenshots. Record screencasts - record video from your screen.
FOCA Files Finder		Scans for available files for a website and provide with the download link for analyzing locally.

Firefox Extensions

Name		Description
Multi-Account Containers		Allows you to open tabs which are completely isolated from each other and don't share the same cookies, session data, or other information.
FireShot: Full Web Page Screenshots		Allows you to capture and save the visible part, a selected area of the page or the full web page, including parts that are not visible.
uBlock Origin		Helps in enhancing security of the browser by blocking ads, trackers, and malware sites.
DownThemAll!		Allows you to download all media, like videos and images, from a website and save them on your computer.
ScrapBee		Allows you to save entire web pages for offline access and allowing them to organize for a good overview.
Search by Image		Allows you to conduct a reverse image search on multiple databases (like Google, Bing, Yandex, TinEye, SauceNAO, IQDB) at the same time by right-clicking on the image on the website.
User-Agent Switcher and Manager		Allows you to alter your user-agent string to indicate you’re on a different device.
NoScript Security Suite		Allow potentially malicious web content to run only from sites you trust.
Privacy Badger		Allows to block invisible trackers automatically.
Cookie AutoDelete		Allows you to control your cookies.
Shodan		Tells you where the website is hosted (country, city), who owns the IP and what other services/ ports are open.
Netcraft Extension		Provides comprehensive site information and protection from phishing and malicious JavaScript when browsing the web
Wappalyzer		Helpful in identifying technologies on websites.
Wayback Machine		Allows to go back in time to see how a website has changed through the history of the Web.

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Few Points to remember -

Whenever adding a new extension, always check the number of users using that extension, reviews and about the developer. As there are many extensions in the chrome web store which can be harmful and misuses your data.
Don’t add any unusable extension
Don't add any extension if you don't know what that extension does and how to use it

FAQ

Que. Is using these extensions safe?

99.99% safe, We have performed a security check on all extensions but there may be a chance we may have missed something.

Try these at your own risk.

Que. Do there exists some more extensions that can be used for OSINT

Certainly yes, there exists, if you come across any amazing extension that can be used for OSINT, let us know so we can add that in this list.

Que. What if any extension mentioned in the above list stopped working?

You can inform us on any of our social media handles if there exist any issues with this project, we will surely provide you a solution.

Que. Can we use these extensions in Android?

Yes, there are many Android browsers that provide a feature to use browser extensions in Android like kiwi and Yandex browser. The process of installation is almost the same.