GhostTrack
Useful tool to track location or mobile number
Command-line OSINT tool that looks up publicly available information tied to an IP address, phone number, or social media username from a single menu-driven interface.
GhostTrack is a Python-based information-gathering tool, also described in its README as an OSINT tool. OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence, which refers to collecting information from publicly available sources. The tool is designed to look up details associated with an IP address, a phone number, or a social media username, all from a single command-line interface with a menu.
The tool presents three main options when you run it. The IP Tracker option lets you look up geolocation and related information tied to an IP address. The README also notes that this menu can be combined with a separate third-party tool called Seeker to help obtain a target's IP address. The Phone Tracker option lets you search for information associated with a given phone number. The Username Tracker option searches for a given username across social media platforms.
Installation is described for two environments. On Debian-based Linux systems, you install Git and Python 3 through the system's package manager. On Termux, which is a terminal emulator application for Android phones, you use Termux's package manager instead. In both cases, you clone the repository, install the Python dependencies listed in a requirements file, and run the main Python script.
The README itself is brief. It covers installation commands and includes screenshots of the menus but does not document which data sources each tracker queries or what specific fields are returned. The current version noted in the file is 2.2. The repository tags include cybersecurity, hacking, and information-gathering, and the author appears to be based in Indonesia.
Where it fits
- Look up geolocation and network information for an IP address from the command line.
- Search for publicly available information linked to a phone number across available sources.
- Find social media accounts associated with a given username across multiple platforms at once.