Atlos
ATLOS is a platform for collaborative and large-scale open source investigations.
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ATLOS is a platform for collaborative and large-scale open source investigations.
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The main objective of Atlos is to enable teams of investigators to collaborate easily, even on large-scale investigations. Investigations are divided into several cases or occurrences, also called ‘incidents’.
You can, on a single page:
create and characterise each case;
collect digital material such as photos, videos and pdfs from all over the Internet (press articles, Telegram or X posts,...);
... and archive it automatically;
see material displayed in default greyscale, or colour;
organise who is assigned to a case or will receive updates on it;
work on the case simultaneously;
.... and transparently (no comments written on ATLOS can be deleted afterwards, the whole investigation process is recorded);
specify the GPS coordinates and find the incident on a map;
analyse the progress of your investigation (How many incidents are waiting to be addressed? Where are incidents geolocated?...).
create custom integrations, for example with third-party archiving and publishing tools.
Free for up to 10 incidents that can be created and edited per month. Even with this free version, you have unlimited view access, your team can be of any size, and you can export your data whenever you want.
If your investigation is small-scale, a spreadsheet may suffice.
If you want to archive a document while working on Atlos, put it in the Source Material category, not in the comments, otherwise only the text and URL are saved.
Stéphanie LADEL
alert everyone to the presence of graphic images before researchers get to see it to prevent ;
This platform is open source (see ), and you can:
use its web version or ;
your data in CSV format;
Further pricing information can be found .
At the top of the , click on ‘Join Atlos’ and fill in the short form with your e-mail address and name and choose a password. You will be able to use multi-factor authentification to secure your access to Atlos.
Your specific use cases may not yet have been encountered by the Atlos team. If you feel the platform is missing an important feature, you can .
Note that the tool providers have clarified that 'while Atlos' archival function supports journalistic investigations, it’s not suitable for legal or forensic evidence.'
Take a look at the Atlos security and risk model which is available .
Chris Osieck: , 2022.
ATLOS is a collaborative platform created by two Stanford University students ( and , United States) who formed a non-profit association.
