Press kit and facts

Boilerplate

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Clearfront is a free, open-source OSINT tool. It scans 3,400+ public data sources and an AI security analyst explains what your exposure means.

Clearfront OSINT is a free, open-source tool that scans your own digital footprint. Give it an email address, username, phone number or domain, and it checks 3,400+ public data sources using around 30 collection tools. An AI security analyst then reports what is exposed. Everything runs locally.

Give Clearfront an email, username, phone number, domain, or IP. In one sweep it runs 30 collection tools across 3,400+ public data sources, scanning identity, breaches, domains, network, and media, then maps what it finds into a force-directed evidence graph. An AI security analyst compiles the findings into a report that tells you what your exposure means, with the source, confidence, and severity on every line. Clearfront gives anyone the same intelligence capability a professional or adversary would run against them, and the power to act on it first.

The facts

• NameClearfront. The full entity name is Clearfront OSINT.
• What it isA free, open-source OSINT tool to help you disappear online. Clearfront scans 3,400+ public sources to map your digital footprint so you can take your privacy back.
• Sources checked3,400+ public data sources.
• Collection toolsAround 30, including Sherlock, maigret, holehe and theHarvester.
• Where it runsLocally, on your own device. There is no Clearfront server.
• AI providersAnthropic Claude, OpenAI, or local Ollama, using your own keys.
• LicenceMIT. Free, with no account and no paid tier on the core sweep.
• InterfacesCLI, interactive REPL, web console, MCP server, and an agent skill.
• Effort levelsFaster, Balanced, and Deeper.
• RequirementsPython 3.10 or newer.
• AuthorScott Anderson, founder.
• Current version2.7.3

$pip install clearfront
# or add the agent skill
$npx skills add scottmartinanderson/clearfront

Assets

Screenshots are the project's own and free to use in coverage. No logo approval, no usage form.

• Web console, darkOpen ↗

  The browser interface. 3420 x 2146 PNG.

• Web console, lightOpen ↗

  The same view in light theme. 3420 x 2146 PNG.

• RepositoryOpen ↗

  Source, README and release history.

• PackageOpen ↗

  Published releases on PyPI.

Founder

Scott Anderson built a free tool to help you disappear online. Clearfront OSINT scans 3,400+ public sources to map your digital footprint so you can take your privacy back. Reach him at scott@clearfront.sh.

Questions

• What is Clearfront OSINT?

  Clearfront OSINT is a free, open-source tool that scans your own digital footprint across 3,400+ public data sources using around 30 collection tools. An AI security analyst reports each finding with its source, confidence and severity. It runs locally.

• Is Clearfront free?

  Yes. It is MIT licensed and free, with no account required and no paid tier gating the core sweep. You supply your own API keys for the AI analyst and for a handful of deeper sources.

• Does Clearfront send my data anywhere?

  No. There is no Clearfront server. The sweep runs locally, and the identifiers you search are never transmitted to Clearfront. Requests go directly from your device to the public sources being checked, and to whichever AI provider you configure.

• Who is Clearfront for?

  Clearfront is intended for authorized use only: security research, penetration testing, law enforcement, intelligence agencies and investigative journalism. It operates on public data alone and performs no intrusive probing. Users are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

• How do you install Clearfront?

  Run pip install clearfront. There is also an agent skill, installed with npx skills add scottmartinanderson/clearfront, which lets Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini and other skills-compatible clients drive the scan.