Owlculus is a comprehensive OSINT case management platform built for solo work or investigative teams. Manage cases, collaborate, and run OSINT tools directly in your browser.
100% free and open-source forever, no matter what.
Active Development: Note that Owlculus is under active development. Run
git pullin the repo root regularly for updates. Never deploy the " dev" branch to production!
- Case Management: Create and track cases with customizable report numbering
- Multi-User Collaboration: Role-based access controls (Admin, Investigator, Analyst)
- Entity System: Track individual people, companies, domains, IP addresses, and vehicles each with dedicated notetaking
- Evidence Management: Organized file storage with folder templates and integration with the browser extension
- OSINT Plugin Ecosystem: Run popular open-source and custom OSINT tools right in your browser
- Cross-Case Correlation: Discover connections between investigations with the Correlation Scan plugin
- Automated Hunts: Multi-step OSINT workflows for comprehensive research (WIP)
- Browser Extension: Capture web pages as HTML or screenshots as you investigate and save directly to case evidence
- RESTful API: Complete API backend for easy automation and integrations
Run make setup for production or make setup-dev for development. Fresh installs generate .env automatically. See the commented .env.example for configuration settings.
If make setup reports a missing RUNTIME_POSTGRES_PASSWORD when upgrading:
- Run
openssl rand -hex 32to generate a password for the new restricted database login. - Edit the existing
.envin the repository root. AddRUNTIME_POSTGRES_USER=owlculus_runtime(different fromPOSTGRES_USER) andRUNTIME_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=, pasting the generated output after=. If that login already exists, use its existing password instead. - Preserve
SECRET_KEYand all existingPOSTGRES_*values. Save the file and rerunmake setup.
GitHub Issues and Pull Requests always welcome! Oh and make sure to at least read the CONTRIBUTING.md readme first for some basic guidelines.
If you find the app useful and feel so inclined, please consider fueling my future coding sessions with a donation below. Anything and everything helps and is greatly appreciated :)
