Darkdump

Darkdump is an open-source OSINT tool for deep web investigation. Given a search query it fetches results from multiple dark web search engines, optionally scrapes each result site for emails, metadata, keywords, documents, and images, and streams everything live to either the terminal or a local browser-based interface. All results are automatically filtered against Ahmia's public abuse blacklist regardless of which engine is used.

Installation

Quick install (Linux & macOS)

git clone https://github.com/josh0xA/darkdump

cd darkdump

chmod +x install.sh

./install.sh

darkdump

Note: ./install.sh might require sudo for macOS.

This installs all dependencies and creates two commands:

Command Description

darkdump Launch the primary web interface

darkdump-cli Run the CLI tool

Manual install

git clone https://github.com/josh0xA/darkdump

cd darkdump

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

pip3 install -r darkdump-web/requirements.txt

To uninstall the launchers: ./uninstall.sh

Tor Configuration

To use Darkdump effectively, you need to configure Tor to allow your script to control it via the Tor control port. Here's how to set up your torrc file and verify that Tor is running:

Step 1: Install Tor

If Tor is not already installed on your system, you need to install it. Here's how you can install Tor on various operating systems:

Debian/Kali/Ubuntu: sudo apt install tor

MacOS: brew install tor

Step 2: Configure the Tor torrc File

Locate your torrc file. This file is usually found at /etc/tor/torrcon Linux and sometimes Mac.

Add the following lines to your torrc to enable the control port and set a control port password:

ControlPort 9051

HashedControlPassword [YourHashedPasswordHere]

Replace [YourHashedPasswordHere] with a hashed password which can be generated using the tor --hash-password command: tor --hash-password "my_password"

Step 3: Start Tor Service

Linux: sudo systemctl start tor.service

MacOS: brew services start tor

Search Engines

Six engines are available via -e / --engine:

Engine Filtered Requires Tor Notes

ahmia Yes No Default. Tor Project-endorsed, strict filtering

notevil Partial Yes Ahmia fork with broader index

tordex No Yes Fully uncensored — confirmation required

tor66 No Yes Crawled index with directory — confirmation required

onionland No Yes Indexes Tor, I2P, and clearnet — confirmation required

excavator No Yes General dark web index — confirmation required

All engines have their results checked against Ahmia's blacklist. Unfiltered engines will prompt for confirmation before executing. This strategy is still not perfect, always use extreme caution and judgement when searching and scraping unfiltered engines.