Maigret
Open-source tool that builds a profile from a username across thousands of sites, with HTML and PDF reports
ToolOSINT ToolsSelf-hosted, Open source
Pricing: Free and open source (MIT).
Reviewed by the Cyber Vendor Guide editorial team against the public sources cited below · Last reviewed September 2026 · How we review listings
What is Maigret?
Maigret is an open-source (MIT) tool that collects a profile of a person from a username alone. Its project description says it checks about 6,000 websites. It extracts the information available on the profiles it finds, follows links to other accounts, and searches again recursively using any new usernames and IDs it discovers. Results can be filtered by site category and country and exported as HTML or PDF reports. It installs with pip, runs from a terminal or a web interface, and is also offered through a community Telegram bot.
Best for: Investigators who want a free tool that turns a username into a report of linked accounts.
Pros
- Free and open source under the MIT licence
- Recursive search turns one username into a wider set of leads
- Report output ready to share
Things to check
- Self-hosted: you install and run it
- Site count is stated by the project and not independently checked
Reported in public reviews and vendor documentation. See sources below.
Key Features
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Key facts
- Pricing
- Free and open source (MIT).
- Model
- Open source
- Founded
- 2020
- Cloud
- No
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Open source
- Yes
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