# cipher387/API-s-for-OSINT

List of API's for gathering information about phone numbers, addresses, domains etc

Repository: https://github.com/cipher387/API-s-for-OSINT
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/api-s-for-osint
Homepage: https://cybdetective.com
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: osint, information-gathering, api, api-rest, awesome, awesome-list, cybersecurity
Last push: 2026-08-05T09:57:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1769, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2507, forks 315 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.315644+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of APIs useful for automating OSINT (open-source intelligence) tasks, covering phone number lookup, domain/DNS/IP lookup, geolocation, social media, leaks, crypto, and more. It is a reference catalog rather than runnable software, maintained by the Cyber Detective project.

## Use cases
- find APIs for OSINT investigations
- look up phone number owner information
- automate domain and IP intelligence gathering
- find reverse image and face search APIs
- search pastebin leaks and breach data programmatically
- geolocate IP addresses with an API
- build an OSINT automation workflow

## When to choose
- you need a curated directory of OSINT-related APIs across many categories
- you are building OSINT automation and want to discover available data sources
- you want a regularly updated reference of intelligence-gathering endpoints

## When to avoid
- you need runnable software or a tool rather than a list of links
- you need a single integrated OSINT platform instead of separate APIs
- you need guaranteed uptime or support for the listed third-party APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: osint, web-scraping, search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: osint, security, apis, awesome-lists
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, api-directory, open-source-intelligence, information-gathering, curated-list, investigation-tools, web-server

## Member repositories
- cipher387/API-s-for-OSINT (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.315644+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:26:41.595778+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cipher387/API-s-for-OSINT (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.315644+00:00, sha 0ae1b01de84f)
  - homepage: https://cybdetective.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:13.418545+00:00, sha 51f5c43e4e14)
  - site_page: https://cybdetective.com/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:13.427941+00:00, sha 9f2372ddb54e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.