sundowndev/phoneinfoga

PhoneInfoga is an open-source OSINT (Open Source Intelligence, gathering publicly available information) tool for investigating phone numbers. You give it a phone number and it tries to gather information about it using publicly accessible sources, external APIs, phone directories, and search engines. The tool can determine basic facts like the country, area, carrier (the phone network provider), and line type (mobile, landline, VoIP). Beyond that, it attempts to find the VoIP provider if applicable, check reputation databases, look for associated social media profiles, and identify whether the number is a disposable (temporary) number. It does not track a phone's location in real time, cannot get a precise physical location, and does not claim to provide verified data, it is a research aid, not a definitive source. PhoneInfoga is written in Go and can be used in three ways: via a command-line interface, through a graphical web interface you run locally in your browser, or programmatically via a REST API. The tool is modular, using a collection of scanners that need to be individually configured with API keys or other credentials to be effective. The README notes that the project is stable but no longer actively maintained, and the repository may be archived. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. You would use this tool for OSINT research or investigation work where you need to quickly aggregate public information about an unknown phone number.