Blackbird: Best OSINT Tool For Searching Social Accounts In 120 Websites

What is a Blackbird tool?

Blackbird tool is created by p1ngul1n0. The primary purpose of this OSINT tool is to find all the social accounts from 120 social media websites. As the creator believes, this tool scans different 120 websites. This tool is created in python language and is very useful for OSINT.

How to install the Blackbird tool?

The only way to download the files of the blackbird tool is by git clone command. 

1. First, open the terminal in your Kali Linux or Parrot Security OS.
2. Before installing the tool, set the directory in your terminal where you want to download the tool files from GitHub.
3. Go to the Blackbird GitHub page.
4. Copy the URL from the drop-down option named Code.
5. Now go to the terminal and type

git clone https://github.com/p1ngul1n0/blackbird.git

6. Press enter

Note: Sometimes, it asks to be a root or sudo user to run the tool.

The required files to install the tool are now downloaded from the GitHub page.

To install the tool, follow the steps as shown below:

Go inside the folder with the cd command. Here you can find a bunch of different files with the command ls.

Before running the tool, we have to fulfil the requirements of the tool. To check and install required python modules and libraries. sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

We will check the execution permission to the blackbird.py file. ll

Execution permission is not given by the developer. To provide the execution permission, we type

sudo chmod +x blackbird.py

Now, we can run the tool in the terminal.

How to run the Blackbird tool?

There are two ways to run this tool.

• In the terminal with a command-line interface.
• In the localhost with a web interface.

How to run the tool in the terminal?

To run the tool in the terminal, follow the given steps:

1. Go to the directory where the tool files are located in the terminal.
2. Inside the directory, you will get seven files: markdown file, python script, JSON file, etc.
3. Enter the command to execute the script python3 blackbird.py -u [USERNAME]

Note: While entering a username, ensure you carefully enter the uppercase and lowercase alphabet as it is very case-sensitive. For example, Lipson and LIpSon are very different usernames.

How to run the tool in the web browser?

First, we have to start the web server on the local host. To start the webserver, type the command

python3 blackbird.py --web

When executing the above command, the tool will show a URL where the web server started. Copy the URL.

Now, we can open any web browser like Brave, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.

Paste the URL and the tool’s web interface on the screen.

Options and Usage

-h, –help: This option will show all the options.

-u USERNAME: To enter the victim’s username.

–list-sites: It will list all sites currently supported by the tool.

-f FILE: It will output the result file on the terminal.

–web: It starts the webserver on the local host.

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Blackbird tool can scans these websites:

This OSINT tool can scan all the kinds of websites such as social networking, bug bounty, online gaming, and some adult websites.

1. Facebook
2. YouTube
3. Twitter
4. Telegram
5. TikTok
6. Tinder
7. Instagram
8. Pinterest
9. Snapchat
10. Reddit
11. Soundcloud
12. Github
13. Steam
14. Linktree
15. Xbox Gamertag
16. Twitter Archived
17. Ask FM
18. Vimeo
19. Twitch
20. Pastebin
21. WordPress Profile
22. WordPress Site
23. AllMyLinks
24. Buzzfeed
25. JsFiddle
26. Sourceforge
27. Kickstarter
28. Smule
29. Blogspot
30. Tradingview
31. Internet Archive
32. Alura
33. Behance
34. MySpace
35. Disqus
36. Slideshare
37. Rumble
38. Ebay
39. RedBubble
40. Kik
41. Roblox
42. Armor Games
43. Fortnite Tracker
44. Duolingo
45. Chess
46. Shopify
47. Untappd
48. Last FM
49. Cash APP
50. Imgur
51. Trello
52. Minecraft
53. Patreon
54. DockerHub
55. Kongregate
56. Vine
57. Gamespot
58. Shutterstock
59. ProtonMail
60. TripAdvisor
61. RapidAPI
62. HackTheBox
63. Wikipedia
64. Buymeacoffe
65. Arduino
66. League of Legends Tracker
67. Lego Ideas
68. Fiverr
69. Dribble
70. Packet Storm Security
71. Ello
72. Medium
73. Hackaday
74. Keybase
75. HackerOne
76. BugCrowd
77. OneCompiler
78. TryHackMe
79. Lyrics Training
80. Expo
81. RAWG
82. Coroflot
83. Cloudflare
84. Wattpad
85. Mixlr
86. ImageShack
87. Freelancer
88. Dev To
89. BitBucket
90. Ko Fi
91. Flickr
92. HackerEarth
93. Spotify
94. Snapchat Stories
95. Audio Jungle
96. Avid Community
97. Bandlab
98. Carrd
99. Coderwall
100. Codewars
101. Gab
102. Issuu
103. Steemit
104. Venmo
105. MODDB
106. COLOURlovers
107. Scheme Color
108. Roblox Trade
109. Aetherhub
110. BugBounty
111. Huntr
112. Universocraft

There are 8 more websites which are scanned by the tool.

Conclusion

The Blackbird tool is essential for OSINT to search social accounts for any username. It comes with both a command-line interface as well as the web interface. The web interface has an additional feature like filtering the results and search bar to search any social platform.

I liked the tool’s web interface because it will be beneficial to scan or skim the results. With the help of filtering, the time spent searching the found account will be reduced. The command-line, it is very congested in the terminal. This is one of the best OSINT tools for social media.

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