You can never have too many open-source tools in your arsenal
The Investigative Reporters and Editors conference took place in mid-June in New Orleans, and one of the sessions at the event looked at open-source tools for investigations.
This 'Steal my tool' session highlighted a number of useful open-source investigative platforms, which Sam Berkhead, engagement editor at IJNet, listed in this article published after the conference.
It includes a mix of tools that can be used almost out of the box, and some which need to be tweaked for each individual patch – but make sure you take a look at the list to see if any can help your investigations.
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