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# Prying Deep: An OSINT Tool to Collect Intelligence on the Dark Web
- URL: https://darkwebinformer.com/prying-deep-an-osint-tool-to-collect-intelligence-on-the-dark-web/
- Published: 2024-12-11T16:02:39.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-04T22:25:03.000Z
- Author: Dark Web Informer
- Tags: OSINT, Tools

GitHub: <https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep>

NOTE: The XMR donation address at the bottom, is that of the creator of this tool, and not mine!

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### Prying Deep

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#prying-deep)

**OSINT intellegence gathering tool for the dark/clear web**  
  
[**Report Bug**](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/issues)[**Request Feature**](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/issues)

## **Translation (Перевод)**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#translation-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4)

- [**Click**](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/blob/main/docs/RU%5FREADME.MD)

## **IMPORTANT**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#important)

- **This repo is no longer active, sorry guys, I no longer want to keep working on this :)**

## **About The Project**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#about-the-project)

**I've seen multiple projects out there in GitHub, that are crawlers for the deep web, but most of them did not meet *my* standards of OSINT on the deep web. So I decided to create my own deep web OSINT tool.**

**This tool serves as a reminder that the best practices of OPSEC should always be followed in the deep web.**

**The author of this project is not responsible for any possible harm caused by the usage of this tool.**

## **What does this tool do?**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#what-does-this-tool-do)

***Prying Deep crawls dark/clear net platforms and extracts as much intelligence as possible effectively.***

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## **Getting Started**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#getting-started)

### **Prerequisites**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#prerequisites)

**Before you can use our OSINT tool, please ensure you have the following dependencies installed:**

1. **Docker: (optional)**
  - **You can download and install Docker by following the official installation instructions for your specific operating system:**
  - [**Docker Installation Guide**](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)**.**
2. **Go: (required)**
  - [**Golang Installation Guide**](https://go.dev/doc/install)**.**
3. **PostgresSQL: (required if you don't use docker)**
  - **Make sure your `pryingdeep.yaml` environment variables match the environment in `docker-compose.yaml`**
  - [**PostgreSQL Installation**](https://www.postgresql.org/download/)

### **Binary Installation**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#binary-installation)

1. **Install the binary via:**

**go install -v github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/cmd/pryingdeep@latest**

1. **Run the following command:**

**pryingdeep install**

1. **Adjust the values inside the config folder to your needs.**

### **Manual Installation**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#manual-installation)

1. **Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep.git**
2. **Adjust the values in the .yaml configuration either through flags or manually. `Database`, `logger`, `tor` all require manual configuration.**

**You *will need to read*** [**Colly Docs**](https://github.com/gocolly/colly/blob/v1.2.0/colly.go)**. Also, refer to** [**Config Explanation**](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/blob/main/docs/CONFIG.MD#table-of-contents)

1. **Build the binary via:**
  - **`go build` \-> inside the `cmd/pryingdeep` directory**
  - **`go build cmd/pryingdeep/pryingdeep.go` \-> root directory, binary will also be there.**

## **Docker**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#docker)

**To start run *pryingdeep* inside a docker container use this command:**

**docker-compose up**

## **Config**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#config)

**Read more each parameter here:** [**config**](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/blob/main/docs/CONFIG.MD#table-of-contents)

## **Tor**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#tor)

**Read more about building and running our tor container here:** [**Tor**](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep/blob/main/build/package/tor/README.MD#build)

## **Usage**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#usage)

```
Pryingdeep specializes in collecting information about dark-web/clearnet websites.
This tool was specifically built to extract as much information as possible from a .onion website

Usage:
pryingdeep [command]

Available Commands:
completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
crawl       Start the crawling process
export      Export the collected data into a file.
help        Help about any command
install     Installation of config files

Flags:
-c, --config string   Path to the .yaml configuration. (default "pryingdeep.yaml")
-h, --help            help for pryingdeep
-z, --save-config     Save chosen options to your .yaml configuration
-s, --silent          -s to disable logging and run silently

```

## **Roadmap**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#roadmap)

- **Add a user to the "tor" docker container so that it doesn't run as root**
- **Acquire a shodan api key for testing the favicon module**
- **Think of a way to acquire IP address of the server**
- **Implement scan command**
- **Implement file identification and search**
- **Move tests into their corresponding packages**

## **Contributing**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#contributing)

1. **Fork the Project**
2. **Checkout the dev branch (`git checkout dev`)**
3. **Add proper documentation to your code.**
4. **Use `goimports` to lint your code**
5. **Submit a pull requests and add a detailed description of what has been changed.**

## **License**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#license)

**Distributed under the GPL-3.0 license. See `LICENSE` for more information.**

## **Video Preview**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#video-preview)

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## **Support**

[](https://github.com/iudicium/pryingdeep#support)

**If you have found this repository useful and feel generous, you can donate some Monero (XMR) to the following address:**

**48bEkvkzP3W4SGKSJAkWx2V8s4axCKwpDFf7ZmwBawg5DBSq2imbcZVKNzMriukuPqjCyf2BSax1D3AktiUq5vWk1satWJt**

**Thank you!**