Open Source Tools · Alternatives
Maltego is a commercial link-analysis and OSINT investigation platform. Open-source tools such as SpiderFoot, theHarvester, Amass and Subfinder automate collection from public sources for footprinting and attack surface work.
Maltego is a commercial product by Maltego Technologies (official site). Category: OSINT and attack surface discovery.
| Tool | Licence | Stars | Last commit | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpiderFoot | MITOpen source | 24k | 2 years ago | OSINT automation for footprinting |
| theHarvester | GPL-2.0-onlyOpen source | 18k | 1 day ago | Gather emails, names and subdomains from public sources |
 OWASP Amass | Apache-2.0Open source | 15k | 6 months ago | Attack surface mapping and asset discovery |
 Subfinder | MITOpen source | 15k | today | Fast passive subdomain enumeration |
OSINT automation for footprinting
OSINT automation tool with a web UI and more than 200 modules that gather data on IPs, domains, emails, names and more from public sources.
Gather emails, names and subdomains from public sources
Python OSINT tool that collects emails, names, subdomains, IPs and URLs about a domain from search engines and public data sources.
Attack surface mapping and asset discovery
OWASP project for in-depth attack surface mapping: discovers domains, subdomains, IP ranges and related assets using DNS and many public data sources.
Fast passive subdomain enumeration
ProjectDiscovery's subdomain discovery tool that queries passive online sources, built for speed and easy chaining with other tools.
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