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Maigret

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An open-source investigation tool that takes a single username and automatically searches across 3,000+ websites to compile a profile of that user's registrations and public information.

🕵️‍♂️ Collect a dossier on a person by username from 3000+ sites

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An open-source investigation tool that takes a single username and automatically searches across 3,000+ websites to compile a profile of that user's registrations and public information.

📂 Security & Privacy💻 Python📄 MIT

AI Summary

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What This Project Does

Think of it as a "global username scanner." You just feed it a username, and it automatically checks thousands of websites to see if that person has an account there. It then bundles all the found public info into a neat report for you.

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What Problems It Solves

Manually searching for a person's online presence is tedious and slow. This tool turns that needle-in-a-haystack task into a one-click batch search, saving hours of manual typing and note-taking for anyone needing to map someone's digital footprint quickly.

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Who It's For

Security researchers, online investigators, journalists, parents checking their kids' online safety, and everyday users who want to see their own digital footprint across the web.

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Typical Use Cases

  • Journalists or security pros tracking down the real accounts behind malicious or fake online profiles.
  • Parents checking if a suspicious username belongs to their child on unsafe platforms.
  • Regular users scanning their own nickname to see what "digital breadcrumbs" they've left behind.
  • Forum or game admins verifying if a banned player has linked accounts elsewhere.

Key Strengths & Highlights

Massive and auto-updating database of 3,000+ sites; completely free and open-source with no API keys required; comes with a built-in web dashboard for visual graphs and report exports; smart enough to bypass basic anti-bot blocks and CAPTCHAs.

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Getting Started Requirements

Very beginner-friendly. You can install it with a single command, use the built-in web UI, or even try the Telegram bot. No coding skills needed. Just a basic Python setup or use the provided cloud versions to get results in minutes.

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Purpose

Perfect for quickly mapping out where a username appears across the web, ideal for security research, media verification, or checking your own digital privacy footprint. However, it is not suitable for retrieving legally protected private data or scraping private chats, as it only gathers publicly available registration info.

Project Info

Primary Language
Python
Default Branch
main
License
MIT
Created
Jun 27, 2020
Last Commit
1 months ago
Last Push
1 months ago
Indexed
May 2, 2026