ARGOS — Beta

WARNING: BETA VERSION

This script has been updated for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS.

It is under active testing. Always run it on a clean VM before using it in production.

Report any problems by opening an issue.

Argos automatically configures an open-source OSINT workstation from a clean Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtual machine.

Best practice recommends using a dedicated VM for each OSINT investigation. This script follows the methods described by Michael Bazzell in Open Source Intelligence Techniques.

Requirements
Tools
Installation
Installation Log
To Do
Resources
Credits
Licences
Version History
OSINT Analysis Guidelines
FAQ

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Requirements

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS (VM or workstation)
Any Linux username (the previous requirement to use osint has been removed)
System language: English
Active internet connection during installation
VirtualBox Guest Additions already installed — the script does not install them. Install Guest Additions before running setup.sh to enable clipboard sharing, drag-and-drop, and fullscreen support.

> The script is optimised for VirtualBox. Code for VMware Tools is available in the comments.

Tested on:

Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS (VM)
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (VM)

No longer supported:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (some dependencies are incompatible)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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Tools

OSINT

| Tool | Status | Notes | |------|--------|-------| | Amass | Active | Subdomain enumeration | | Instaloader | Active | Instagram OSINT | | Toutatis | Limited | Requires Instagram session ID | | HTTrack | Active | Web crawling and mirroring | | MediaInfo | Active | Media metadata analysis | | ExifTool | Active | Metadata from documents and images | | EyeWitness | Active | Website screenshots | | The Harvester | Active | Email and domain recon | | Metagoofil | Active | Metadata from public documents | | recon-ng | Active | Modular OSINT framework | | Sherlock | Active | Username search | | SpiderFoot | Active | OSINT automation | | blackbird | Active | Advanced username search | | holehe | Active | Email OSINT | | maigret | Active | Username search (advanced Sherlock fork) | | Maltego | Active | Link analysis (requires account) | | yt-dlp | Active | Video downloader (replaces youtube-dl) |

Removed tools (abandoned or discontinued):

~~Instalooter~~: use Instaloader
~~Sublist3r~~: use Amass
~~Photon~~: use Katana or GoSpider
~~youtube-dl~~: replaced by yt-dlp
~~Moriarty-Project~~: use PhoneInfoga
~~Elasticsearch-Crawler~~: use Shodan CLI
~~Atom Editor~~ (discontinued December 2022): replaced by VSCodium

General Tools

| Tool | Status | |------|--------| | VLC | Active | | Google Earth Pro | Active | | VSCodium | Active (replaces Atom) | | CherryTree | Active | | KeePassXC | Active | | Kazam | Active | | Audacity | Active | | Tor Browser | Active | | OpenShot | Active | | Obsidian | Active (latest version fetched dynamically) | | Ripgrep | Active | | Threat Intelligence Resources | Active |

Installation

Open a terminal.

Install Git if it is not already present:

    sudo apt install -y git
    ``
Clone the repository into the Downloads directory:
    
`bash
    git clone https://github.com/SOsintOps/Argos ~/Downloads/Argos
    `
Make the script executable:
    `bash
    chmod +x ~/Downloads/Argos/setup.sh
    `
Run the script:
    `bash
    ~/Downloads/Argos/setup.sh
    `
    > Firefox does not need to be closed or opened manually. The script initializes the Firefox profile automatically if it has not been created yet.
Installation Log
The script automatically generates a log file in the Downloads directory:


~/Downloads/argos_install_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log

`` The log contains the full installation output with timestamps. If an error occurs, the exact line number is recorded in the log.

To Do

Add PhoneInfoga as a replacement for Moriarty-Project
Add Katana or GoSpider as a replacement for Photon
Update LibreOffice report templates for OSINT investigations
Complete end-to-end testing on Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS VM
Add shortcuts for holehe, maigret standalone, and blackbird standalone

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Resources

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Credits

Skykn0t for the original OSINT_VM_Setup script
oh6hay for the script name
pinkevilpimp for the wallpaper script

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Licences

See the licence files included in the repository.

--- Tranlated By Open Ai Tx | Last indexed: 2026-06-21 ---

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