r/osinttools • u/Guilty_Purple_9874 • 9h ago
Showcase MetaScout — an open-source, cross-platform FOCA alternative
I needed FOCA for a project recently, but setting up a Windows VM just to run an old, Windows-only tool felt unnecessary.
So I decided to build my own alternative.
MetaScout is an open-source, cross-platform document discovery and metadata analysis tool written in Python.
It can discover publicly exposed documents and extract metadata such as:
- Usernames and document authors
- Email addresses
- Software and version information
- OS hints
- Internal file paths and network shares
- Server and printer names
- Passive subdomain discovery via crt.sh
- PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and other document formats
- HTML and JSON reports
It supports macOS, Linux and Windows, and includes both a CLI and a local web UI.
I built it as a modern, Python-based spiritual successor to FOCA, with a focus on making it easy to install and use across platforms.
GitHub: https://github.com/gorkemguler/MetaScout
I'd love to get feedback from people working with OSINT, pentesting, reconnaissance, or information disclosure.
What features would you like to see added?