Tools: search-engines (26)
Pentesting tools tagged search-engines. See all tools or the category key.
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Academic search engine indexing over 400 million documents from 12,000+ content providers including institutional repositories, open-access journals,…
Brave
Privacy-focused search engine with independent index. Offers Goggles for custom search result ranking. First search API with zero data retention…
Copyscape Plagiarism Checker
Online plagiarism detection service that searches the web for copies of submitted text or URLs; useful for verifying content originality or tracing…
DuckDuckGo
Privacy-focused search engine that doesn't track users or store personal data. Processes ~3 billion queries monthly with enhanced privacy protections…
eTools.ch
Swiss privacy-focused metasearch engine aggregating 14+ sources (Google, Bing, Brave, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, etc.) simultaneously. Fast results…
Gitrob (T)
CLI tool for reconnaissance on GitHub organizations and users; clones repositories and scans commit history for sensitive files, exposed credentials,…
GlobalFile
FTP file search engine that indexes publicly accessible FTP servers; allows searching for specific file types including images, videos, software, and…
Google Guide Cheat Sheet
Quick-reference cheat sheet for Google search operators and advanced search syntax from Google Guide.
Google Scholar
Multidisciplinary academic search engine indexing journal articles, theses, books, conference papers, and patents; includes citation counts and…
Google Search Operators Guide
Official Google documentation covering all supported search operators, syntax, and advanced search techniques.
Google Trends
Google's search trend analysis tool for tracking keyword popularity and comparing search interest over time.
Hulbee
Corporate site and product page for Hulbee AG. NOT a search engine itself - Hulbee is the company behind Swisscows. URL/category mismatch issue.
Instya
eCommerce product search engine and shopping discovery platform. NOT suitable for general web OSINT research - category mismatch with Search Engines.
iZito
Metasearch engine aggregating results from multiple sources including Wikipedia, videos, news, and products. Designed to support non-linear search…
JURN
Multidisciplinary search engine indexing freely accessible academic articles; covers arts, humanities, ecology, and social sciences with a focus on…
Lazy Scholar (T)
Browser extension that automatically finds free legal full-text versions of academic papers when viewing paywalled content; checks open-access…
Library Databases
University of Florida Library's A-Z database directory providing access to hundreds of academic databases covering all disciplines; useful as a…
Microsoft Academic
Microsoft's academic search service indexing hundreds of millions of research papers; note that the original Microsoft Academic service was…
Open Access Scholarly Journals
PAGEPress open-access publisher hosting peer-reviewed journals across biomedical, natural, and social sciences; provides free access to published…
Open Library
Internet Archive's open catalog of over 3 million books with borrowable digital editions; provides bibliographic data and full-text access for many…
PublicWWW
Source code search engine for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and plaintext across 509+ million web pages. Find websites using specific analytics IDs, ad…
PubMed - National Center for Biotechnology Information
Free biomedical and life sciences literature database maintained by the NCBI with over 40 million citations; includes abstracts and links to…
PubPeer
Post-publication peer review platform where researchers comment on and flag issues with published scientific papers; useful for identifying retracted…
Searchcode
Code search engine that indexes public source code from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and other repositories; useful for finding code examples and…
Swisscows
Swiss privacy-focused search engine using semantic AI. Stores all data in Swiss Alps facility. No cookies, no tracking, no user profiles. Includes…
UK National Archives
Official online catalog for the UK National Archives providing access to over 32 million records spanning 1,000 years of UK government, legal, and…