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24 alternatives to FOIA Mapper

Access to the world of "hidden" public data

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FOIA Mapper launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Keybase▲90

    A public directory of publicly auditable public keys

    2014 · keybase.io · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    A search engine for Panama papers

    2016 · offshoreleaks.icij.org · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    A "disinformation dashboard" tracking Russian propaganda

    2017 · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    A secure data locker for personal location information

    2014 · openpaths.cc · its alternatives →

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    Fosshub▲79

    An open source for free and open source tools

    2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

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    Securely share documents with verified journalists

    2017 · openfaucet.org · its alternatives →

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    FOIA toolkit for journalists and citizens.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    searx▲82

    A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A user's guide for privacy and protest

    2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

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    Compiled data of the Worlds busiest public site

    2016 · analytics.wikimedia.org · its alternatives →

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    The API for data-driven mapping

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    MapFig▲97

    The open source mapping tool for websites

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Yhat▲82

    AWS for data science

    2015 · yhathq.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source whistleblower submission system

    2014 · securedrop.org · its alternatives →

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    Anonymous location based polling

    2015 · whatsgoodly.com · its alternatives →

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    Resources for searching and analyzing online information

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    A privacy-centric web browser

    2014 · epicbrowser.com · its alternatives →

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    A crowdsourced map of attacks happening now around the world

    2016 · attackmap.info · its alternatives →

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    Crowdsourced Application Security

    2015 · crowdcurity.com · its alternatives →

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    Secure localStorage data with encryption and compression

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Putting the World's Vulnerable People on the Map

    2017 · missingmaps.org · its alternatives →

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    DataTau▲75

    HackerNews for Data Scientists

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    How to think about data

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Eliminating personal online information

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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