A toolkit for open source researchers
This is your place to discover tools! Our toolkit includes satellite and mapping services, tools for verifying photos and videos, websites to archive web pages, and much more. Most of the tools that we include can be used for free.
Click on the name of a tool to view an in-depth review and guide for the tool (if available). You can also download this toolkit (or some of its categories) as a csv.
This toolkit is still a work-in-progress and the number of available tool descriptions will grow over time. You can read more about the toolkit .
Anisa Shabir is a volunteer open-source researcher at Bellingcat's Global Authentication Project and holds an MA in investigative journalism from the Arizona State University's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. Anisa is the Volunteer Toolkit Guardian for the category Image/Video.
Lieth Carrillo is a Colombian anthropologist dedicated to transnational organized crime and corruption research. She is currently involved in OSINT research on transnational wildlife trade and illegal exploitation of natural resources. She is the Volunteer Toolkit Guardian for the Environment & Wildlife category.
Lora is a linguist by education, media and corporate intel analyst by trade, and an occasional due diligence investigator. She is the Volunteer Toolkit Guardian for the Companies & Finance category.
Martin Sona is an interdisciplinary researcher and lecturer with a social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and tech innovation background. He's passionate about science, community coordination, and making complex information meaningful and accessible. Here, he serves as the Volunteer Toolkit Guardian for the Social Media category.
Sophie Tedling has worked with Bellingcat as a volunteer, Tech Fellow & contributor. Her background is engineering, AI & risk, and she runs PeakVisorforOSINV on X which collects input from the research community with the goal to communicate the needs of open source researchers to the PeakVisor developer team. She is the Volunteer Toolkit Guardian for the Maps & Satellites category.