OTInstaller

ot

ot is the OSINT package manager. One command installs, runs, updates or removes any tool in the OTInstaller registry, the largest registry built only for OSINT tools (over 130 of them). No more cloning repositories, fixing Python versions and learning each tool's flags: every tool takes the same typed inputs, runs in a container that can't read your files, and saves its result in the same JSON shape.

Get started

Put ot (or ot.exe) somewhere on your PATH. Tools run in containers, so Docker Desktop or Podman must be running; with cosign installed, ot also verifies each image's signature. Then set it up:

ot start      # pick starter packs and tools, AI agents and settings, then installot doctor     # check Docker, cosign, the keychain and the registry

ot start asks at a terminal; ot start --tools <ns/name> --yes does the same from a script, and https://otinstaller.com/start builds the command for you.

Run tools

ot search email                                        # tools that take an email addressot run osintverse-community/holehe e:[email protected]ot runs                                                # every run is saved under ./results; `ot runs <run-id>` shows oneot pivot <run-id>                                      # what to run next on what a run foundot share <run-id>                                      # a link to the run's results that works for 24 hours

Typed inputs fill the matching input of any tool: u: username, e: email, d: domain, p: phone, ip: IP address and url: URL. Or let ot pick: ot auto [email protected] runs every installed tool that takes an email address, and on a fresh machine offers to install a bundled playbook's tools first. ot playbook --list shows the playbooks. Tools that need an API key say so; ot keys setup walks you through them, and keys stay in your OS keychain.

Scripts, CI and AI agents

• --json (or OT_OUTPUT=json) gives JSON output and one-line JSON errors on stderr, and ot never prompts without a terminal. See https://otinstaller.com/docs/automation.
• ot mcp install claude (or claude-desktop, cursor, vscode, codex, gemini) adds ot's MCP server to your client. Agents ask you before any run that touches a target. See https://otinstaller.com/docs/agents.

Updates

ot outdated lists installed tools with newer versions and ot update --all installs them. ot self-update installs a new release of ot after checking its signature.

Telemetry

ot counts installs and runs of registry packages, so the registry can show which tools are used and which versions fail. A count carries the tool and its version, how a run ended and how long it took, the container engine, what started it (a command, CI or an AI agent), and your OS, architecture and ot version. It never carries your inputs, targets or results, file paths, run ids, case names, keys or tokens, and tools installed from a local manifest are never counted. The registry keeps daily totals only.

ot telemetry                          # what is sent, and whether it is onot telemetry off                      # or set OT_NO_TELEMETRY=1 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1OT_TELEMETRY_DEBUG=1 ot run <tool> …  # print each count instead of sending it

Turning it off also stops the offer to report a failed run; DO_NOT_TRACK stops the daily update check too. Details: https://otinstaller.com/policy/privacy

Links

Docs: https://otinstaller.com/docs/getting-started · CLI reference: https://otinstaller.com/docs/cli · Bugs and ideas: https://github.com/OTInstaller/feedback/issues · Source: https://github.com/OTInstaller/otinstaller

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (LICENSE).